Why is Hamlet able to kill in hot blood and not cold blood?

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During my essay, I have tried to establish the following issues:

*        Why Hamlet is able to kill in hot blood and not cold blood.

*        How Hamlet can be ruthless in contrast to his delay in seeking

revenge

*        Hamlet’s reaction with men of action (Laertes and Fortinbras)

*        Hamlet’s treatment of Gertrude and Ophelia

*        How Hamlets madness was caused by revenge.

The analysis I have formed is based on information from the following:

*        Cambridge School Shakespeare - Hamlet

*        Zeffirelli Film - Hamlet (starring Mel Gibson)

*        Kenneth Brannagh film - Hamlet

In Act 1, we see Hamlet as a depressive and grieving for his Father.  

He is also full of anger against his Mother because of her marrying

her late husband’s brother within a couple of weeks of his Fathers

death.  

I was under the conclusion that Hamlet could be suffering from

Multiple Personality Disorder, and that Barnardo, Francisco,

Marcellus, (the Sentries at the beginning of the play), and Horatio

(fellow scholar and friend), could well be multiple personalities of

Hamlet. The sentries there to protect Hamlet from the new reign of

his uncle, and Horatio there to protect and guide Hamlet.  These five

characters are the only characters in the play to see the ghost - the

ghost appears whilst Hamlet is in Gertrude’s chamber  (Act 3, Scene

4), but Gertrude is unable to see her dead husband “Alas, how is’t

with you, that you do bend your eye on vacancy…”.  

This can be argued that Hamlet does have multiple personalities and

the Ghost has been conjured up in Hamlet’s mind as a reason for

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revenge, but later on in the play, Horatio does have interaction with

other characters, which totally dismisses this argument.  

This, along with the fact that the ghost told the truth about his

murder (as found out in the actors’ play, Act II, scene 2), implies that

the ghost is real and not in Hamlet’s imagination.  It does not explain

why the Ghost did not appear to Gertrude or why Gertrude could not

see the Ghost.  My opinion is that the Ghost felt disgust with his wife

for betraying his memory so quickly. ...

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