Revenge is set at the center of the play and drives the characters' actions while adding to the exciting events in the play, this does not mean that Hamlet is a revenge play as some have argued. This is for instance confirmed by the fact that Hamlet has no need to investigate the cause of his father's death as his father's ghost communicated with him the nature of the events surrounding his murder. Hamlet does not need to search for the identity of the murdered as he knows its his uncle. The only obstacles in his way of revenge are ones he creates himself through hesitation, self-doubt, and indecisiveness. he manages to avenge his father's death at the end, he does so at the expense of the lives of his mother, the girl he loves, her father, brother, and himself. The agony of the closing scenes could have been avoided had Hamlet been able to take action and avenge his father. It are these particular facts which transform Hamlet into a tragedy of both the individual as well as the state. Hamlet is a very melancholic and tragic person. He contemplates death and his own suicide at several instances in the play. Also, he does not seem to be particularly content with his family or himself. This unhappiness with the external world is clear through his unfavorable outlook on his mother's marriage with his uncle Claudius. It is thereby also clear through his harsh repudiation of his love, Ophelia. In this context, it is interesting to observe how Hamlet's words seem often to indicate a general disgust and mistrust of women. the Prince of Denmark appears little concerned with the state of affairs in Denmark and his actions reflect throughout the play the worsening state of the nation. Hamlet can be summarized as a philosophical, melancholic, hesitant, intellectual, and destructively rash and impulsive character who indulges in his own selfish desires at several instances in the play, at the expense of himself and those around him which eventually contributes to the tragedy of not only himself but also of the state of Denmark.