Hamlet promises to the ghost of his father to kill the man who killed former King Hamlet. From that day, Hamlet has been trying to figure out a way to kill Claudius, his uncle, and present King of Denmark. It takes Hamlet a long time to kill him, speaking that he had at least one good chance to kill him, but he hesitates at every point he has to kill him except for the last. When he comes to a point where he could kill him, his conscience comes into play, which causes Hamlet to think twice. His first instance of hesitation was during his meeting with the players, where he had the players add a part th