Cruelty In Hamlet

Hamlet is a tale of despair and murder. Throughout the play, Shakespeare weaves a web of death, love, and betrayal that intrigued people of the time period and is still read widely today. The tale tells of the death of a king, and it follows his son Hamlet, the prince of Denmark. Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, takes the throne and marries his dead brother's wife only a month after his death. Soon after the ghost of the old king appears to young Hamlet and tells him he was murdered by none other than his brother Claudius, the new king. Hamlet then tries to prove Claudius' guilt and begins to slip slowly into madness. The key points in the plot of Hamlet are the meeting with the ghost, proving Claudius' guilt, and the ironic and untimely deaths of different characters. In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare draws a picture very complex and intriguing using imagery and diction.

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic play about murder, betrayal, revenge, madness, and moral corruption. It touches upon philosophical ideas such as existentialism and relativism. Prince Hamlet frequently questions the meaning of life and the degrading of morals as he agonizes over his father’s murder, his mother’s incestuous infidelity, and what he should or shouldn’t do about it. At first, he is just depressed; still mourning the loss of his father as his mother marries his uncle. After he learns about the treachery of his uncle and the adultery of his mother, his already negative countenance declines further. He struggles with the task of killing Claudius, feeling burdened about having been asked to find a solution to a situation that was

Hamlet is as much a story of emotional conflict, paranoia, and self-doubt as it is one of revenge and tragedy. The protagonist, Prince Hamlet of Denmark, is instructed by his slain father’s ghost to enact vengeance upon his uncle Claudius, whose treacherous murder of Hamlet’s father gave way to his rise to power. Overcome by anguish and obligation to avenge his father’s death, Hamlet ultimately commits a number of killings throughout the story. However, we are not to view the character Hamlet as a sick individual, but rather one who has been victimized by his own circumstances.

The play ‘Hamlet’ written by William Shakespeare had many aspects of betrayal, a lack of loyalty, and tragic deaths. The storyline begins as a ghost appears and he resembles the late king of Denmark ‘Hamlet’. King Hamlet was Hamlets father, after his ghost appears Hamlet conversates with the figure and asks him why he is here, and the ghost states that his brother Claudius poisoned him by pouring poison in his ear while he was asleep, married his wife and finally took the power of the throne. Already in a confused state of mind Hamlet questions the ghost and decides to act delusional and put on a play to decide whether he will get revenge on Claudius. Consequently, one can tell how selfish both brothers Claudius and Hamlet are, how much do you have to hate your own family to commit such hatred. Ultimately blood is not thicker than water.

“ Treat others how you want to be treated” , the golden rule. Basic yet powerful morality that spawns the best humanity. Humans are capable of great love, but capable of great evil. In Hamlet, Claudius, becomes king because of Old Hamlet’s sudden death. Claudius marries Gertrude following the king’s death. Hamlet discovers Claudius killed his father. Hamlet is determined to get revenge for his father’s murder. Claudius notices Hamlet acting strangely lately and arranges for Hamlet to be spied on. Hamlet realizes and acts insane to make others disregard him. Hamlet wins the duel against Laertes, Claudius poisons Hamlet’s cup, but Gertrude drinks from it instead. Laertes strikes Hamlet with a poisoned blade. Then Hamlet strikes Laertes with the poisoned blade causing Laertes’s death. Claudius is accused of treason and attempts to escape, Hamlet kills him, following that Hamlet also dies due to poisoning. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, family members are psychologically corrupted as their egotistical and spiteful actions desensitize them to committing acts of treason against family, which ultimately cause death of their kin. The selfishness, betrayal, and sabotage seen in the play will lead to the character’s inevitable downfall.

King Hamlet shows readers that greed can overcome mankind into tearing itself apart, just like how Claudius killed his brother for power. Even while King Hamlet is dead, he knows that murder is a terrible sin. “Murder is most foul, as in the best it is, but this is most foul, strange and unnatural” (Shakespeare 23). Actions are always remembered, and can affect everyone.

The play, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, surrounds the central idea of revenge and betrayal. Revenge drives the characters and determines their actions throughout the play, which results in several instances of betrayal. With revenge, the friendship and loyalty of characters are tested and conflicts are established between characters. Hamlet’s father, the king of Denmark, was helplessly poisoned by his own brother, Claudius. Hamlet, the protagonist, becomes aware of his father’s death and finds himself seeking revenge and starting a cycle of hatred. Hamlet embarks on his journey for revenge by displaying an act of craziness. Throughout the play, there were several moments where Hamlet’s actions caused confusion and made it difficult for

The function of cruelty is to emphasize the importance of things, although it may not be the best way, cruelty is great at showing the severity of a topic. In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, cruelty is expressed abundantly by Hamlet. Hamlet has been told that his uncle, the new king, has murdered his dad, and is now married to his mom. Hamlet is told by his dad’s ghost that he must avenge his father’s death, but also that Hamlet is not to hold a grudge against his mother, to just let her get what she deserves. “nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught: leave her to heaven.”

   The legendary drama, Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare is a play illustrating the theme of virtue vs. villainy. The 17th century tragedy is plagued with treachery and deceit as it opens with the news of a foul murder in the kingdom of Denmark. Prince Hamlet, by word of his late father's ghost, is informed that his uncle Claudius is to blame for his father's sudden demise. Prince Hamlet's mission is to uncover the secrets surrounding the murder and to avenge his father's death. Thus, the insidious web of disease and corruption is formed. The relationship between disease leading to the greater corruption of Denmark plays a significant role in the lives of the principle players.

Murder often represents the revenge or hatred felt by a desperate soul attempting to fill an empty space. Shakespeare's Hamlet Prince of Denmark is full of death, but the true purpose behind tragic murders is buried beneath a cynical reason. King Claudius slowly unravels the details of his dirty act, and Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, and Ophelia all have a part in the deaths that occur throughout this eventful play. The crimes that are committed only help to destroy the pitiful existence that each of these characters portray. The horrific murders that take place throughout Shakespeare’s Hamlet provide the motive for revenge by the characters of Claudius, Hamlet, Ophelia, Laertes and Gertrude.

Shakespeare inputs the conflict between Hamlet’s desire and feeling of obligation and the influences surrounding him as a means to paint a message to his audience. Hamlet’s inability to murder his uncle out of fear of the unknown shows Shakespeare’s belief in heaven and hell. He desires for his audience to understand that revenge is not necessary and that such heinous acts will only result in their own turmoil. Each attempt at revenge illuminates highlights the inadequacy of revenge. Furthermore, it also portrays his understanding that not every individual is capable of murder. Shakespeare uses Hamlet to convey his message that even the desire of revenge can’t not force a good-hearted individual into committing a crime that is morally

Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most famous work of tragedy. Throughout the play the title character, Hamlet, tends to seek revenge for his father’s death. Shakespeare achieved his work in Hamlet through his brilliant depiction of the hero’s struggle with two opposing forces that hunt Hamlet throughout the play: moral integrity and the need to avenge his father’s murder. When Hamlet sets his mind to revenge his fathers’ death, he is faced with many challenges that delay him from committing murder to his uncle Claudius, who killed Hamlets’ father, the former king. During this delay, he harms others with his actions by acting irrationally, threatening Gertrude, his mother, and by killing Polonius which led into the madness and death of Ophelia.

One of William Shakespeare’s famous plays is “Hamlet”. “In this play Shakespeare tells us a bloody and grief-stricken story about the royal family of Denmark” (Smith 174). The play encompasses love, friendship, political faith, and heroism. The theme that “Hamlet” consist of is revenge. “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer

Shakespeare's Hamlet is filled with murder, revenge, and betrayal. The way the characters go about their revengeful murder says a lot about them. Claudius is a manipulating coward: he poisoned his own brother in his sleep in order to obtain the throne. Hamlet is completely indecisive: he spends majority of the play debating whether not to kill Claudius, when he would do it, and how he would do it. As soon as Laertes hears of his father’s death, he leaves Paris and marches an angry mob into the castle to demand blood. The methods in which the protagonist, antagonist, and foil murder others reflects back on their true in our character.

Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies. At first glance, it holds all of the common occurrences in a revenge tragedy which include plotting, ghosts, and madness, but its complexity as a story far transcends its functionality as a revenge tragedy. Revenge tragedies are often closely tied to the real or feigned madness in the play. Hamlet is such a complex revenge tragedy because there truly is a question about the sanity of the main character Prince Hamlet. Interestingly enough, this deepens the psychology of his character and affects the way that the revenge tragedy takes place. An evaluation of Hamlet’s actions and words over the course of the play can be determined to see that his ‘outsider’ outlook on society,