Is Hamlet Victorious Research Paper

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Do you think Hamlet is victorious? There is a lot of debate on whether he is, or is not victorious at the end of the story. I am writing about William Shakespeare's, Hamlet and I’ll be listing pieces of evidence on why he is victorious at the end of the story. Hamlet is victorious because he got revenge for his father, he ended Claudius’ regime of being king, and he eliminated everyone tried to stop him.
A good piece of evidence why Hamlet is victorious is the scene where he explains what he did that deceived everybody. “ Which was the model of that Danish seal./ Folded the writ up in form of th’ impression, placed it safely,/ The challenge never known” (Shakespeare 5.2.52-55). At this point in the story, the new King of Denmark, Claudius …show more content…

“The point envenomed too!-Then, venom, to thy work./...Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damne’d Dane,/ Drink off this potion. Is thy union here?/ Follow my mother” (Shakespeare 5.2.323-28). During this scene is where Hamlet killed Claudius, the man who took everything from him. The man who killed his father, and ruined the chance of him becoming king one day. Hamlet was able to end Claudius’ rule of king, he avenged his father for his death and therefore, another victory for Hamlet. On the other hand, there is some debate that he isn’t victorious. The main reason is because he died. “ The potent poison quite o’ercrows my spirit./ I cannot live to hear the news from England./ But I do prophesy the election lights/ On Fortinbras. He has my dying voice./ So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less,/ Which have solicited. The rest is silence”(Shakespeare 5.2.355-60). This is concrete evidence for opposing viewers that believe he is not victorious. However, Hamlet was set out to kill Claudius, which he did. The death of Gertrude was not his fault. Claudius is to blame on that as well. Everybody will die at some point in a person's life so that is a poor reason to say Hamlet is not victorious. Also, to call Hamlet not victorious after all the obstacles and journeys he went through just to reach his goal is outrageous. Hamlet is well deserved to be considered

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