The Performative Utterance in Hamlet Notes

"Hamlet is trapped in a kind of cognitive paralysis, convinced of his duty and yet unable to move that duty from the mental to the real" hamlet told by ghost, still unable to bring himself to actually, physically kill someone hamlet's soliliqueys throughout the play provide insight onto why he feels this way has trouble doing the things he says "demonstrates a disconnect between what he says and what he does" describes a convincing performance with the players