Does conscience make cowards of us all?

An interesting perspective on Hamlet. “Conscience” may indeed “make cowards of us all”. However, had it not been for Hamlet’s “conscience” (or whatever else stays his hand), we would not have had Shakespeare’s play for Claudious would have met his end shortly after the ghost of his father appeared to Hamlet.

e-Tinkerbell

Hamlet is a loser. He turns out to be completely inadequate to the call to action of his father’s ghost, who wants to be rightfully revenged by his son. Yet, he had accurate...