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Hamlets agonized worrying over his state of existence begins before his first see to it with the ghost. He reports first to his mother that "These but the trappings and suits of woe" (I,ii) do not begin to illumine his inner heartbreak over the death of his fuss. only if it is soon revealed in his first soliloquy that he despairs more over the hasty remarriage of Gertrude than the death of King Hamlet. "...a beast, that wants discourse of reason, / Would have mournd longer." (I,ii) Gertrudes apparent disregard of his well(p) late father causes his suicidal dejection.When he hears from the ghost of his fathers murder, he does indeed vow revenge. However, that revenge never seems to materialize, he thinks and worries but commits no action to execute his vow. For some reason, he plays the fool and delays his revenge. Significantly, he presents the play with the scenes altered to mirror the circumstances of Claudius crime so Hamlet can watch his reactions with his o wn eyes. "For I mine eyes will rivet to his face, / And after we will both our judgments join / In censure of his seeming." (III,ii) Hamlets revenge, when it finally occurs, is the result of considerable incitation. Claudius has been exposed by Laertes as a conspiring murderer of Prince Hamlet. Claudius has caused Hamlet to be the death of several people, notably Ophelia and Gertrude. In the end Hamlet kills Claudius, and the ghost is revenged.But truly, whose revenge has taken pip? The connection among all of Hamlets actions is merely himself. He certainly mourns his father, but mainly he feels sorry for himself because he lost his mother and his crown the day his father died. It is possible that he misses Gertrude and Denmark more than his father the king. Also, Hamlet cannot accept the ghosts word for Claudius guilt, he arranges a situation where he can watch Claudius condemn himself. Again, this is a reaction from his self-centered motives-he requires the feeling of ha tred that is only achieved when he is the victim of a crime. Although the play shows him a first-hand picture of Claudius guilt, it is still not enough provocation for murder. In Hamlets case, "self-centered" is not a fault but a way of feeling emotions. He is evidently unable to feel the necessary beloved when they are related secondhand, he must have the immediate relation to his own psyche.