Weisberg takes issue with Eissler's view that Hamlet's actions in Act Five represent the fulfilment of a struggle to become a forceful existential hero, ready to act whatever the consequences. Weisberg's argument, buttressed by numerous citations from the text, is that Hamlet's actions are explained by ressentiment, a concept of Nietzsche, which denotes an attitude arising from cumulative repressions of feelings of hatred, revenge, and envy, leading to a sense of impotence. Unlike rebellion, ressentiment does not lead to an affirmation of different values because a person imbued with ressentiment secretly craves the values he publicly denounces.