Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet is actually a conglomerate of many subtragedies. One of these minor tragedies in the story of Hamlet is the mental evolution of Prince Hamlet, to the point that he acted like a king and would become a great king. Throughout the story we see many leadership qualities in Hamlet's character that give the reader (or audience) the impression that he would be a great king. Likewise, there are many qualities seen in Hamlet that give the reader the impression that he would not become a great king, until the end of the story. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay When we first meet Hamlet in Act 1 scene ii, he is dejected, distraught, and depressed, not so much over his father's death, but over his mother's quick marriage to his uncle Claudius, who now he is the king of Denmark. In this scene, Hamlet seems to have the mentality of a teenager who cannot get what he wants. When Claudio forbids him from returning to France, he reluctantly agrees. When he is left alone, he immediately begins a violently emotional speech in which he says he would like to die, complains that suicide is a sin, describes the world as useless and disgusting. Then he gets to the cause: his father's death. His father, compared to Claudius, was like a god next to something half man and half beast. His mother adored her husband, but a little over a month after his death she married her husband's brother whom Hamlet describes as "no more like my father than I am like Hercules." As you can see, he's not very king-like right now. However, later in the scene, when Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnard go to Hamlet to tell him about the ghost they saw, Hamlet's attitude changes drastically. He is now poised, alert, articulate and ready for action, which is reflected in many of his lines: "If he assumes the person of my noble father, I will speak to him, though hell itself should gape and order me to keep quiet." This could be seen as the beginning of Hamlet's transformation. In scene iv of Act 1, Hamlet first sees the ghost, who invites Hamlet to come with him. Hamlet's friends do not want him to leave with the ghost, because they are afraid of what he might do. But Hamlet is determined to go. His courage and resolve are signs of a king, but the reasons for his courage are still childish: "Why, what should be the fear? I don't bet my life is worth a penny." Hamlet believes that his life is useless and that leaving with the king would not ruin his life further. Once the ghost tells Hamlet how his father died, Hamlet vows to seek revenge. Hamlet is not a monster, he does not immediately go and kill Claudius. Instead, he wants to wait and have concrete evidence that Claudio really killed his father. This illustrates once again that Hamlet becomes king-like. He is determined and open-minded. Another example of Hamlet's open-mindedness in this moment is when he says to Horatio, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than your philosophy dreams of." Horace is a scholar who does everything "by the books". But Hamlet knows that there are things in the world that are beyond factual and scientific explanation. In scene i of Act 3, Hamlet delivers the well-known soliloquy "To be or not to be: that is the question..." This speech is about Hamlet contemplating suicide. He admits that he is a coward because he is afraid of death, or what lies beyond death, "Yes, that is the problem, for in that sleep of death what dreams can come..." All this, the contemplation of suicide by Hamlet, his complaints about his troubled life and his.