Mask Of Revenge In Hamlet

The Mask of Revenge Deception, insanity, and revenge are all major themes that are portrayed from the play Hamlet. The main character is believed to be caught in insanity to gain vengeance upon his uncle due to his father’s death. This insanity may appear to be real due the outsiders in this story, it has also been questioned by those who have read it, however, in reality it is all apart of Hamlet’s plan to seek the truth from his father’s ghost, hoping that his uncle will cave in and show his guilt for murdering his father. It is the mask that he wears to get the answer that he wants. Throughout the play Hamlet has plenty of opportunities to fully fulfill his revenge however, a lot of those tries were shot down in simple minded mistakes.Where

This ghost tells hamlet to “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder (25).” As the conversation continues Hamlet is confused by what the ghost meant about murder, since everyone is under the impression that King Hamlet has passed away due to a snake bite. The snake says to young Hamlet, “But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father 's life now wear his crown. This is the first time Hamlet has been revealed the deception of his uncle. The ghost gives young Hamlet the clarity that he has been told a lie and has been now given the true story of his death. Taking the ghost command by seeking revenge. Horatio and Marcellus are with Hamlet and is sworn not to tell of the ghost that they have saw and the madness that Hamlet will portray. This is an example of them keeping quiet which also places a mask upon them because while Hamlet is wearing his mask of insanity, they have to pretend that he is sane while everyone around him will believe he has gone completely

It smells to heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon’t, a brother’s murder ( ). Going further into his prayer he realizes how low and far his sin has went but while he is praying hamlet tries his first attempt to get revenge. Hamlet then realizes that if he kills uncle while he is repenting his sins then his soul can go to heaven and that 's the least of Hamlet 's intentions. In Act 3 Sc. 2, young Hamlet states to Horatio, “I must be idle.” foretelling the madness that he will pretend to be in order to confuse King Claudius. In with being idle he has also made plans to redo the play that everyone is going to watch to mimic the death of his father and the betrayal of his uncle, so that the guilt can weigh upon him. It is said from Hamlet himself on multiple occasions that he isn’t truly mad but using the knowledge and skill of being mad to get his point across. In the closet scene with his mother he tells her that he is intentionally pretending to be mad:

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