https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw Made with no ragrets en-us 2016-10-24 20:09:40 UTC 2016-10-26 19:58:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png 500002046 https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133153226 Claudius voices how malicious he has become, committing crimes so rotten that he feels as if there is no prayer he can recite that will bring him forgiveness from God. He knows his soul is stuck to sin because he parades around with the rewards of murder. Knowing this, he pleas to the angels above on his knees reciting prayers. Hamlet walks in on Claudius praying and readies himself to kill Claudius so he can avenge his father's murder. However he stops himself because he believes if he kills Claudius while he is praying, he might be sent to heaven with his sins repented. Hamlet once again comes to the decision to hold off on killing Claudius until he has committed a sin so he will face the proper consequences, rather than giving him an undeservingly easier death. His quick change of heart over the timing of Claudius' death is an example of Hamlet's indecisiveness.  ]]> 2016-10-25 19:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133153226 500002046 https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133153287 "Now I might do it pat. Now he is praying. And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven. And so am I revenged." (Act 3, Scene 3)
This scene shows the inner conflict that Hamlet faces with deciding whether or not he should kill Claudius. He goes to kill him but once again stops because he thinks that if Claudius is killed while he is praying, he will go to heaven. Laertes, on the other hand, proposes to take quick action when Claudius informs him that Hamlet was Polonius' murderer. His eagerness is visible by the fact that Claudius had to calm him down and even recommended the creation of a backup plan, proving that even he had little faith in the logical side of Laertes' plans. The difference between the two emphasizes the struggles both of them face throughout the play. This contradiction in their personalities advances the plot by carrying out Hamlet's grief and inner conflict. Had he finished Claudius off when he first learned of the reason behind his father's death, there wouldn't be room for any of the ironic twists and turns. ]]> 2016-10-25 19:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133153287 500002048 https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133155910 2016-10-25 19:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133155910 600006434 https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133197051 "A villain kills my father, and, for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven." (Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 77-79) 
This quote marries the two main purposes of Hamlet's aside. It characterizes him as a generally hesitant and rational person, whereas Laertes is characterized as the exact FOIL of Hamlet, relying more on instincts and emotion. He plans out every action and its proper timing, and because of it, he misses many opportunities to get the job done. This leads into Shakespeare's second intent of this quote, which is to reintroduce the motif of social order. If Hamlet was as instinctual as Laertes, then much of the plot wouldn't have folded out as it had; in fact half of the characters wouldn't have even died if not for Hamlet's hesitance.]]> 2016-10-26 00:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/500002048/hzl676a06cmw/wish/133197051