Beginning of Essay
Hamlet is by far weak and diminutive; he is continually resolving to do but does nothing to resolve. The character of Hamlet stands quite by itself. It is not a character marked by strength of will or even of passion, but by refinement of thought and sentiment. ....

Middle of Essay
.... his grief for his father is genuine, but “passeth show” may also mean that he has some sort of feeling that can’t be shown by “the trappings and suits of woe” --his black clothing and cloudy face. These feelings that may very well be hidden from his own conscious are - what I believe - a truth to his indecisiveness on anything he attempts. Indecision in a man, or woman, for that matter, is a strong symbol of his/her lack of perception. Hamlet says that the King is “My father’s brother, but no more like my father / Than I to Hercules.” This comment made by Hamlet, makes it appear that he does not consider himself particularly strong ....