When it comes it the topic of the Shakespeare's most famous character Hamlet, most of us readily agree that he is brilliant. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of his meditation. While some people are convinced that he is an over thinker, others maintain that his thoughts are purposeful and brilliant. Multiple times throughout the play you see Hamlet over-thinking something he is about to do. Questioning himself on whether he is right or wrong, or if this is the right time to do this. It is in his nature to over think things because of his want to be right on all accounts. For example, when Claudius goes to the confess murdering his brother, Hamlet is there waiting for him. This moment would be the perfect opportunity to kill Claudius, for he is focusing on praying and doesn't notice Hamlet is in the room. However, Hamlet stops and thinks about this action rather than just getting his revenge. Claudius is praying for forgiveness. Hamlet believes that by killing him in this moment, he would be giving Claudius the easy way out, for he would go to heaven. Hamlet's thoughts have him back down from avenging his father's death. He decides that Claudius deserves a proper punishment, and therefore decides that he will kill him while he is in the middle of doing something sinful so he goes to hell. By thinking over every scenario or possibility, Hamlet does not act out his plans quickly or efficiently. If he killed Claudius the first chance he had, instead of waiting, he could have saved a ton of peoples lives. In the end, Hamlets lack of drive to do things quickly puts him in situations of over thinking and dragging things out to extended periods of time. Hamlet proves to be a brilliant character. Throughout the beginning of the play, Hamlet questions the death of his father. He sees King Hamlets ghost who ensures Hamlet that Claudius murdered him, and that Hamlet needs to avenge his father’s death. To become completely sure of Claudius acts, Hamlet masterminds a short play in which he reenacts the events King Hamlets ghost has told him. The purpose of the play is to see Claudius' reaction. Putting on a play that would bring up regret and fear in Claudius is Hamlet's subtle way to see if Claudius is guilty. Hamlet’s brilliance is also shown in his "madness" over Ophelia. Hamlet isn't "mad" over Ophelia's lost love; rather, he is using it as a cover to hide his true intentions of avenging his father's death. Hamlet acts crazy for the rest of the play. When he finds out that Claudius is the true murderer, even though he did love Ophelia, he used that as his excuse to plot his revenge tactics. This showing that with Hamlet using multiple events to his advantage, he has masterminded a plan to revenge his father’s death. Though I concede that Hamlet is an over-thinker, I still insist that Hamlet is the most brilliant character in Hamlet. Masterminding plans to avenge his father’s death in a way no one can pick up on shows true brilliance, but waiting to act upon those actions that could end the problem he has faced, ultimately has caused more problems within his life.