In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the playwright uses the motives of revenge and procrastination to demonstrate that these two motives will always bring corruption and harm to those who use them. is a concept introduced in the play early on when the Ghost appears and speaks with Hamlet. Immediately after his father's ghost tells him to take revenge, Hamlet quickly becomes charged with anger and exclaims: "I, with wings as swift as meditation or loving thoughts, can rush towards my vengeance” (Shakespeare I, v, 29-31). ). Hamlet is optimistic about his revenge and even believes to the end that it will bring justice and reason to everyone. However, he is gravely mistaken, as his desire for revenge only leads to the death of everyone involved in the resolution. When Fortinbras arrives to see the bloodbath that has just occurred in the throne room, at the end of the play, he says: "Such a spectacle is suitable for the battlefield, but here it shows many things which are not suitable." not” (V, ii, 406-407). Fortinbras says that because there are so many corpses here, it is obvious that...