Mystery of Hamlet

Hamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why?Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: "e;Take thee to a nunnery!"e; [nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel]"e;There [in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, to give in evidence."e; -King Claudius"e;Why does Hamlet attend the German university at Wittenberg? Why study at a university at all? An incorrigible symbolist, Shakespeare must secretly import what he does not openly impart."e;Contrast resolute avenger Laertes, who would "e;cut [Hamlet's] throat i' the church"e;!Shakespeare understood the Freudian slip centuries before Dr. Freud in Vienna. Twice he employs it to give us hints.Queen Gertrude to her son Hamlet: "e;What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? ... Alas, he's mad!"e;"e;Prince Hamlet is a disillusioned idealist, a vital key to his generous, passionate, and tragically conscientious character."e;Camelot-"e;Shakespeare specifically ties the assassination of Hamlet to the death of King Arthur and the collapse of the fellowship of the Round Table."e;