Hamlet - The Death Of Young Hamlet
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... ings actions prove him to be as guilty as sin. Hamlet now has the go ahead, the death of Claudius should be immanent. On the way to his mothers bed chamber he comes upon Claudius who is unaware of his presence. Hamlet could have killed Claudius right there, but put off his revenge because he thought that Claudius was praying. If Hamlet killed Claudius while he was confessing his sins he believed of course since it was the teachings of the church that Claudius would go to heaven;
Now might I do it pat, now is a - praying,
And now I'll do't - and so a 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.
(Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3, lines 73 - 78)
Therefore Hamlet would not be avenging his fathers murder by sending Claudius to heaven. Now he is placing faith in his religion ...
