Hamlet is seen as being indecisive throughout the first three acts of the play. which of these lines from acts iv and v show that hamlet is finally focusing on revenge?
hamlet:
of thinking too precisely on the event—
a thought which quarter'd hath but one part wisdom
and ever three parts coward—i do not know
(hamlet, act iv, scene iv)

which is not tomb enough and continent
to hide the slain? —o, from this time forth,
my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!
(hamlet, act iv, scene iv)

our indiscretion sometime serves us well
when our deep plots do pall and that should teach us
(hamlet, act v, scene ii)

without debatement further, more or less,
he should the bearers put to sudden death,
(hamlet, act v, scene ii)

Read this excerpt from "edward jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination.” smallpox was introduced to europe sometime between the fifth and seventh centuries and was frequently epidemic during the middle ages. the disease greatly affected the development of western civilization. the first stages of the decline of the roman empire (ad 108) coincided with a large-scale epidemic: the plague of antonine, which accounted for the deaths of almost 7 million people. the arab expansion, the crusades, and the discovery of the west indies all contributed to the spread of the disease. unknown in the new world, smallpox was introduced by the spanish and portuguese conquistadors. the disease decimated the local population and was instrumental in the fall of the empires of the aztecs and the incas. similarly, on the eastern coast of north america, the disease was introduced by the early settlers and led to a decline in the native population. before it reached the new world, smallpox played a role in