Ernesto Rossi decpicts a meditative, intelligent Hamlet who relies on his mind and critical thinking throughout the play. When commenting on his Hamlet, Rossi states, "Hamlet represents the struggle of intellectual force with physical force; the former is stronger than the latter, which is therefore doomed to succumb" (Woods 175). He then goes on to state that even if "he had possessed the muscles of Hercules, his intellect would have overcome them" (Woods 175). One place that this brains over bronze is apparent in the play is where Hamlet talks himself out of killing Claudius while he is praying.