William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Summary: Hamlet is upset with his mother’s hasty marriage to his King Uncle Father,
Claudius following his father’s death. He suspects foul play which is later confirmed by the ghost of his father. Now, Hamlet is set on avenging the death of his father as a favor to him. At the same time, he must figure out who is more at fault, his mother or uncle-father. This completely messes with Hamlet’s mind and he is confused entirely on his situation. His reaction to her marriage in the first place sent him into deep depression, but now, there might of been an alterior motive to the whole thing.

Also, there is a certain amount of hatred/jealousy towards Claudius projected from
Hamlet. It all pertains to the subject of the “Oedipus Complex”. Was Hamlet indeed in love with his mother and longing to take the place of her affections?

1. “a father killed, a mother stained...” Quote used to describe basic plot.

“For while few of us have murdered fathers to avenge, and not so many adulterous mothers to shame us, there will be hardly a man in any audience to whom that word
“madness”, in some one of its meanings, has not at one time or another come dreadfully home.” “[Gertrude] is shown sensually in love with Claudius, and seductive enough to make him commit murder for her sake”. This shows Gertrude as a vixen and suggests that she is the reason that Claudius commited murder.

“Hamlet rages at her no more. But the compassion stirred in him soon hardens to irony.
He has, she tells him...