Hamlet Did Not Procrastinate Needlessly In the play Hamlet, Hamlet did not procrastinate needlessly because of him not knowing of his fathers death, the beliefs of society, as well as his uncle Claudius's scheme's to save his own life. Through this play there are many occasions when Hamlet did not procrastinate in killing his uncle because of questions that he didn't know the answers to, and he has to wait and see if what he is has heard and saw is true. In the play Hamlet, Hamlet did not procrastinate needlessly because of not knowing of his fathers death. Hamlet didn't know who had killed his father, and when the ghost said,