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The protagonist in William Shakespeare's' Hamlet is Hamlet. As the main character he faces many problems. His biggest problem is his internal conflict of whether to kill his Uncle Claudius or not. There are many reasons as to why Hamlet want to and then hesitated in killing his Uncle. He had his doubts. Was the ghost good of evil? Did is speak the truth? Is killing really the right thing to do? Hamlet's delay in killing his uncle is understandable. Hamlet has his reasons for wanting to kill Claudius. The foremost one being that Hamlet suspects Claudius of killing his father. One's father's murderer is certainly someone one would want dead. Another reason Hamlet would wish Claudius dead is that Claudius marries and lusts with Hamlet's mother. This sickens Hamlet, giving him another reason to want to kill Claudius. From things Hamlet says we know that he finds his uncle totally despicable and ignominious. He says "My father's brother, but no more like my father than I to Hercules." (Act I, scene 2) Claudius thinks that Hamlet wants him dead because Hamlet wishes to take the throne. So there are plenty of reasons for Hamlet to want to kill Claudius. However