Shakespeares time killer

It is infuriating to the utmost that despite all of the anger which hamlet is feeling throughout the play, he fends off the action of revenge for far too long. Even when hamlet realizes that he is procrastinating he refuses to react. From the standpoint of making a wonderful play this is a good strategy in which Shakespeare adds length to his tragedy whilst keeping the suspense level up. I do not believe that hamlets lack of action had anything to do with cowardice, his father was just murdered. That alone should be enough to fuel his actions. I also do not think that Hamlet is simply over thinking things, but rather is simply killing time. If it is thinking and reasoning that makes us human then Hamlet is just "more human" than the rest of the characters, either that or he is, just by nature, an indecisive person. In the end i think it boils down to the fact that Shakespeare simply needed some situation that would give length to his play, and this was the easiest fit.