Is Hamlet A Thinker

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In the play Hamlet, one of the main things the character Hamlet struggles with is carrying out a difficult task and being indecisive about whether he is a "thinker" or a "doer." He has to decide to avenge his dead father, or to go on and live his life. I believe Hamlet is a "doer" because he does what his father, the ghost, tells him to do. Even though Hamlet is hesitant about killing the king at first, he does do it at the end of the play. Although I would never kill someone, I find myself being somewhat similar to Hamlet because if I had to decide whether I am a "thinker" or a "doer" I would definitely label myself as a "doer." Thinkers over-analyze things and usually are scared of what other people think of them. Doers realize they

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