The Performative Utterance in Hamlet

• Hamlet isn't indecisive about whether he wants to take revenge or not, he is just unsure on how or when to physically do it
• When a promise is made there is locutionary force, illocutionary force and then perlocutionary effects
• Hamlet makes many revelations through Self-overhearing
• Hamlet does not swear to avenge his father's death he only swears to remember what the ghost told him
• understanding the information in context is essential