Hamlet did indeed have a dilemma. He wanted to kill Claudius but couldn't act right away. I think his hesitation was necessary because he wasn't yet positive about the death of his father. Just to be sure he set up "The mouse trap". This was a clever idea, and it worked. Confirming that Claudius was the murderer of his own father, Hamlet still hesitates on murdering him.
The reason is because Claudius prays and begs Hamlet for forgiveness. That is just not a good time to kill him because Claudius is not doing anything wrong at that point. Hamlet wants to make sure that Claudius goes to hell and i think his hesitation on killing Claudius had good reasoning behind it.
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