How Does Hamlet Affect The Loss Of His Father In Hamlet

The loss of a loved one is difficult on everyone who knew them. It is especially tough on the people who were closest to and looked up to them. We can see Hamlet struggling immensely with the loss of his father at the beginning of the play. To make matters even worse, he does not have the emotional support of his mother and uncle. I would like to discuss Hamlet’s negative relationship with his relatives and its rather large impact on the play itself.

From the very moment Claudius and Gertrude enter the play, we get a very good idea as to how they are coping with the loss of King Hamlet. The two are very nonchalant about his passing and encourage young Hamlet to stop obsessing over his beloved father. They essentially chastise him for mourning the loss of his father for so

That is probably one of the worst things you can say to someone after they lose their father. Is Claudius so naive that he believes that Hamlet would completely abandon his father and begin to think of him as his “new father”? I personally see it as an attempt to show his new wife, Gertrude, that he will be welcoming and loving to young Hamlet. In line 65 of Act 1, Scene 2, Hamlet scoffs at this notion rather sarcastically by saying, “A little more than kin, and less than kind!” At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2, Hamlet has a justified reason for not liking his uncle. He stole his crown, married his mother, and completely removed King Hamlet from the lives of the Danish people. His slight disdain elevates very quickly into a deep hatred upon learning that Claudius was the one who murdered the elder Hamlet. In Act 1, Scene 5, lines 41-42, he exclaims, “O my prophetic soul!” My uncle?”. He had a sense that it could have been his Uncle, but the ghost confirms the