Hamlet says “Our indiscretion serves us well when our deep plots do pall; and that should learn us, there’s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will-“ (5.2.9-12). Is Hamlet transitioning from his “think-before-you-act” strategy into a more impulsive one? How can he say this is a good method when it led him to kill Polonius rather ruthlessly and caused him to be sent away?
How does Hamlet have faith in heaven (“Why, even in that was heaven ordinant” (5.2.54)), when his life thus far has consisted mostly of pain and betrayal?
Is Hamlet’s ruthless plan to have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed a product of his “antic disposition”? Has he transformed to the point that this is no longer a front?
As it seems he feels no remorse over his numerous killings, how is Hamlet any better than Claudius, when at least Claudius expressed some sentiments of guilt?
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