Living a lie eventually eats you alive. In the play, Hamlet, by William
Shakespeare, the main character goes through many challenges. He must find a way
to deal with the death of his father, seek out his revenge and lose the woman he
loves, all the while he slowly inches closer to death. He learns that he cannot trust
anyone, even himself, in life anymore. He casts himself out of acceptance, and into
isolation over time, by acting crazy. Hamlet seems to catch the “poison” of insanity.
When Hamlet firsts learns of his father’s murder and that the killer “now
wears his crown” (I. v. 47). He chooses to avenge his father, and kill the murderer,
his uncle. Trying to remain calm and not be overcome by rage and betrayal, he starts
to lose his head. He talks to himself,
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Knowing what nobody else does, he starts to imagine, or truly see, people
for who they really are. He finds out that his friend are easily sold for money, he
loses trust with those around him, and can see the chain of power is out of place.
Though he knows to “taint not thy mind” (I. v. 92). He eventually gives into complete
and utter darkness.Hamlet despises his uncle, Claudius, and realizes “that one may smile, and
smile, be a villain” (I. v. 106). Nobody can see that Claudius is to blame, except for
himself. However, Hamlet is weary upon killing the new king, for “who would bear
the whips and scorns of time” (III. i. 78). For is revenge worth the eternal torture of
Hell? Is avenging his father more important than being damned to Hell? The more
crazy Hamlet acts, the more he seems to actually lose control of himself. Hamlet’s
act becomes reality, and suddenly the things he does isn’t through acting, but
through insanity. His mind obsesses over killing the king, and the passing time just
helps the thought dig deeper inside of his head. Hamlet is being poisoned from the
inside.
The one thing Hamlet seems to care about, other than revenge, is
finally realizes that his son loves him and in a way holds him as number one,
hears the news of his family, he is determined to bring down the tyrant, Macbeth.
father he must avenge his death, by killing Claudius for his soul to find peace. By this
... of treachery and, luckily, Hamlet realizes the king’s subterfuge, crushing the plot and flipping it back on him. Claudius remains steadfast in his efforts to remove Hamlet, going so far as to set up a false fencing competition and foolishly pushing the poisoned wine without considering the suspiciousness of the action. In his short-sighted and rash decision making, Claudius shows that he allows his inflated sense of regality and self-worth to cloud his judgment.
...nts itself. Hamlet is so determined to do something he does not wish to think about the consequences anymore.
Moving forward, rather than lagging behind, a truly noteworthy concept of revenge can be seen in the Shakespearean tragedy: “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.” It is within this particular tragedy that prince Hamlet is enlightened, by the ghost of his father, to the murder of his father by his uncle, Claudius, an incestuous, adulterous beast who greedily claimed the throne and Hamlet's mother as his wife. (Hamlet 1.5.45-46, 49-53) Nevertheless, it is through this enlightenment that Hamlet sets off toward avenging his father's death, but along the way he is pitted against misfortune as the downward-...
...he sons: Fortinbras aims to gain honour for his country, Laertes seeks impulsive, cold-blooded killing, and Hamlet mostly ponders the morals of vengeance. Shakespeare’s impeccable characterization illuminates the human desire for revenge, and shows the various ways in which that impulse can be acted upon.
take away all his powers and strip him of his dignity. After facing this ill treatment by his daughters, he
... way of thinking is wrong and he admits that he is wrong and reconciles himself with his friends and family.
...major sin, he also knows that he must avenge his father's death. He could not continue to live knowing that he was not able to put his father's soul to rest, "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth."
The thought of knowing the secret of .your father’s murderer must be extremely agonizing. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, this the unfortunate tragedy the Prince of Denmark faces upon returning to his homeland. The historical play about Denmark’s royal family follows the basic outline structure known as the Freytag pyramid. Shakespeare implies the pyramid structure using the five acts, which builds the intensity of the drama before revealing the tragic plot. The play not only stresses his feelings and thoughts but also his philosophy on life after death as well. What action Hamlet doesn’t take in the beginning is as important as what he does in the end. Should this young prince eager to be the noble king some day, revenge his father’s unruly death? That is the question!
Hamlet has figured out what he has done, he does this so he will not get sent to hell. Claudius says,
In the beginning of the play, Hamlet has returned from Wittenberg to honor the death of his father, King Hamlet, and the ghost of his dead father suddenly confronts him. The ghost of King Hamlet has returned to inform his son about the murder that his brother has committed. While King Hamlet was asleep, his brother, Claudius, placed poison in his ear and left him suffering to die. The ghost of King Hamlet sets the main conflict of the play into motion and puts the idea of revenge into Hamlet’s mind. He says to Hamlet: