Hamlet, by Shakespeare

Hamlet Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing--no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me villain, breaks my pate across, Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face, Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i'th' throat As deep as to the lungs--who does …

…deaths of many innocent bystanders, such as the Queen, Ophelia, Laertes, Polonius, Rosencratz, and Guildenstern. All of these people would of lived if Hamlet acted immediately in the avenging of his father's murder. He would of had the throne and probably of married his love, Ophelia. Hamlet himself best put when he spoke of his own hesitation, "The time is out of joint. O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right."