Reading your question, I'm not sure if you mean the play or the character. You don't italicise "Hamlet," and previous editors have already helped you out concerning the play itself, so I'll answer assuming you mean the character of Hamlet, just in case.
If you are assigned to write about why you like the character Hamlet, you again need to streamline/narrow down your thoughts. Numerous elements of Hamlet's personality have been considered likable by some teachers and critics. I'll suggest a couple you could study.
He is witty. Look at his conversations with others. A single conversation would likely contain sufficient detail for a one-page essay. See his conversation with Ros. and Guil. in III:2, or his conversation with Polonius in II:2. The gravedigger scene in V:1 also displays Hamlet's wit.
Hamlet also possesses an imaginative, creative mind. Study any of his soliloquys, his conversation with the king about the body of Polonius (IV:3), or, again, the gravedigger scene.
Any of the above will provide plenty of evidence for a textual study in which you use details and spot quotes from the text.
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