How Does Hamlet Act On His Father's Death

Both Hamlet and Laertes had their fathers killed tragically; Hamlet’s father killed by his own uncle for power and his mother’s hand and Laertes’ father killed by Hamlet in blind aggression. Hamlet and Laertes in turn then react with anger upon the news of their fathers’ death; however Laertes quickly comes to differ on how he acts upon his father’s death.

Hamlet goes upon finding out that his father’s death was a “most unnatural murder”, by what is believed to be the ghost of the father. The ghost tells Hamlet to seek revenge upon telling him the truth that “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” As soon as Hamlet is told he inform Horatio of a plan to seem that he act mad in order to get a confession from King Claudius. He then goes through this elaborate plan through some time to make sure everyone believes he

This shows that although he is fairly certain he know who did it, Hamlet is still hesitant and somewhat fearful of killing someone. He continues to even receive more information that King Claudius killed his father, when he decides to evoke emotion of guilt in “The Murder of Gonzago”, in which Hamlet adds the lines of how his father’s death occurred. This is the closest he comes to killing King Claudius. However, Hamlet pauses to kill Claudius when Claudius is believed to be praying at the church. Again Hamlet is shown to be hesitant in exacting revenge for his father, quickly he makes an excuse to not to kill him. He then by mistaken identity in and while angry with his mother kills rashly Polonius who is behind a curtain and somewhat startles Hamlet. King Claudius then tries to have Hamlet killed in England. Hamlet is able to escape being captured in England and even comes to find out Claudius’ plan to have him executed in England as a traitor. Hamlet does get his revenge on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who he