Who feels readiness is all in Hamlet?

Answer 1

Hamlet says it. It's not really clear whether he feels it. In fact, the whole discussion is sparked by his remark, "Thou wouldst not think how ill all's here about my heart." Hamlet thinks he will win the contest, but he has a sense of foreboding. He's worried. Horatio tells him not to proceed with the contest if he's worried about it. Hamlet rallies and says "We defy augury. There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it is not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all." He means that what will happen, will happen, and all we can do is to be ready for it. He doesn't feel ready for it, he's worried about it, but all he can do is to try to get himself ready. He can't change it.