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To what extent is Act 3 a turning point in Hamlet? "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare is a famous play that focuses on the nature of the protagonists procrastination, and the consequential torment he faces after his dead father returns as a ghost, begging him to revenge his murderer, his uncle Claudius. Hamlet, the protagonist, who, whilst trying to act honourably, is lost as to what should be done in regard to the ghosts commands, and tormented by his own lack of action. However, it is possible for Act 3, in which Hamlet puts on the Player's play and kills Polonius, to be seen as the point when Hamlet makes a decisive choice to stop procrastinating, and take action against Claudius. This judgment could be made for a variety of reasons; because of the cruelty Hamlet shows in this Act that he had not previously done, because of the murder of Polonius...

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