In Acts III and IV of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the reader is shown a series of deceptions, manipulations, and emotionally driven behaviors. As a result, characters such as Hamlet, King Claudius, and Laertes display unusual behavior. This behavior is motivated by other factors and these complement their current situation, ultimately favoring their downfall. One character who exhibits behavior that leads to their downfall is Hamlet. Hamlet displays a number of behaviors that lead to his downfall, but there are some that play a more important role than others, they are revenge and manipulation. Hamlet's quest for revenge is seen as madness by everyone else because of the way Hamlet deals with his revenge. In order for Hamlet to avenge his vengeful behavior, he forces Hamlet out of his norm, the only part of him that is affected the most is his beliefs. Hamlet is not sure whether to avenge his father's death because the information he is receiving comes from a ghost who appears to be his father but he is not entirely sure whether he should kill the king (II, ii, 585-597 and III, ii, 66-75). Hamlet considers himself a coward because he has not yet done anything to kill his father who is around him 24/7. Hamlet has difficulty reaching a point where he feels comfortable taking someone else's life , as much as this causes him discomfort, he is driven to avenge his father's death. Hamlet does not want to kill the man who killed his father, be the reason he goes to hell, Hamlet's tug of war with his beliefs and feelings pushes him towards his death (II, ii, 561-567 ). When Hamlet plots to capture the king's conscience, it sets in, the king is aware that Hamlet knows what he has done and now he has become a problem, so he plots to get rid of him leading to his death (IV, vii, while Hamlet is trying to take possession of him). To avenge his father's death Polonius is next on the list to get out of the way, Hamlet tries to shake off Polonius because he knows he is spying for the king but in reality this makes the king more worried (II, ii, 40-53 ). Hamlet may not be aware of this, but by leading Polonius to think he is mad, then going back and giving information to the king, this will lead to his death. With Hamlet running around acting like a madman, Polonius wants Queen Gertrude to talk to Hamlet. Polonius spies behind the scenes in order to report to the king (III, iv, 1-7), while talking to his mother Hamlet ends up killing Polonius (III, iv, 20-25). This act only provides ammunition for King Claudius to get rid of Hamlet and puts a target on his back for Laertes to shoot