The Hamlet Question

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So why doesn't Hamlet kill the King when the old guy's praying?

The usual culprits . . .

The King's praying, so he'll just go to Heaven if Hamlet kills him now.
Hamlet can never make up his mind about anything.
Hamlet thinks too much.
He's a wimp.

If you hit any of those psychological reasons, you've got it, but only in the way the play might be analyzed in an English course. Think about it technically for a moment.

So why didn't Old Bill have him do it . . .

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