Interpretating Hamlet: Why Must Hamlet Die?

I like A.C. Bradley's interpretation of Hamlet the best; he definitely brings the character of Hamlet into a more enlightened perspective, allowing us to see the true Hamlet, the focus of the play. I found that the other scholar's focused more on theme and archetypes when to truly understand why Hamlet must die, you need to focus on every aspect of his character. While the other scholars may have explained a lot about emotion and a number of other aspects influencing the story, A.C. Bradley seems to have nailed down exactly what drives Hamlet to act the way he does. I feel as though I now understand his position in the story much better, and I can see every angle to which Hamlet must analyse to act on his emotions. The way he sees Hamlet before the incident of his father's murder puts him in a more respectable light, describing him as "fearless" and how he "saw the best in people." A.C. Bradley sheds some light on Hamlet's more "human" side, when he was easier to identify as a hero.
He then takes a look at all of the outside influences that change Hamlet into a tragic hero, such as the loss of his father, and the "moral shock of the sudden ghastly disclosure of his mother's true nature." These are his causes of melancholy, which ultimately hold him a prisoner of his emotions, preventing him from responding "with normal vigour." The crushing blow of melancholy is what thwarts Hamlet from acting like he would have before his father's death, for truly Hamlet was "by no means frail or sensitive", as was he a "graceful youth, sweet." I like the idea that Hamlet loses the ability to calculate consideration, and that he has no more firm beliefs. Hamlet really does become lost in thought, "thought-sick" as Bradley puts it, and therefore he cannot understand why he delays his action, and after shaking "free of his melancholy, he is unable to understand the paralysing pressure which exerts at other times." From the moment his father dies he becomes a different person so to speak, but we still remember who he was before such an incident happened, allowing us to keep Hamlet in the light of "hero", but adds a heavy amount of pathos to the cynicism of what he must do. Though Bradley looks into the external circumstances of Hamlet's delay of action, presenting (from Hamlet's point of view) many hidden sides to consider when we call Hamlet a coward for not satisfying his needs, we see that Hamlet simply can't act, and shows no sign of planning in the text. He simply cannot think any longer, do to the "profound melancholy", and the violent shock that explains why Hamlet does what he does. Hamlet must die because he is no longer human in a way, just a thought-sick boy who can no longer respond normally to anything. Though he may still feel joy in some aspects to life, such as meeting old acquaintances or acting and fencing, Hamlet can no longer avoid his "disgust at life and everything in it", he is virtually scarred for life, and will only experience true joy in death, the cause of his misery in the first place. Oh irony.