Question

In Act III, scene iii, Claudius confesses his crime in a soliloquy, and Hamlet has an opportunity to sneak up behind him while he is praying and kill him, but once again Hamlet does not act, saying: “Now might I do it pat, now he is praying, And now I'll do 't. [He draws his sword.] And so he goes to heaven, And so am I revenged. That would be scanned: A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven.” Why does Hamlet hesitate? Question 8 options: A: Hamlet is afraid to see Claudius' blood spilled on the floor of the church/chapel. B: Hamlet is still not entirely sure if Claudius actually killed his father. C: Hamlet does not want to murder Claudius while he is praying because he does not want him to die while he is confessing his sins, which may result in him going to Heaven. D: Hamlet has lent his dagger to one of the actors for the performance of The Murder of Gonzago, and therefore he has nothing to kill him with.

Answer 1

the answer Is C.Hamlet doesn't want to murder Claudius while he is praying because he doesnt want him to die while confessing his sins because it may result in Claudius going to heaven

Answer 2

The correct answer is C, Hamlet does not want to murder Claudius while he is praying because he does not want him to die while he is confessing his sins, which may result in him going to Heaven.

A very important part of this play is revenge and punishment, so Hamlet doesn0t want to be the person that sends his father's murderer to heaven it is not only the fact that he is praying and in case he dies while he talks to god he might go to heave it is about being him the one who is supposed to make him pay for his sins, free him from the same.

Options A, B, and D are not possible answers because A) Hamlet has been in many battles blood is for sure something he's not afraid of, B) By this time of the play he is fully sure who the killer of his father is and D) He's is always armed and ready to either protect himself o punish his father's murderer.