Well, I am sure that people in the 19th century admired it; Shakespeare's work just keeps getting better when time passes.

As for what I think about the character of Hamlet, I believe it is worthy of him to avenged his father's murder. But he is still uncertain if all of this is true by what he has seen and heard. I'm sure if he just didn't hestitate, all of the consequences that occured would not happen. But then again it would be a short story. All that aside, the action is still really good because every hero goes on a journey and might reach some bumps in the road. Whether or not the hero may live or die, we would still be happy when he reached his goal.