How Is Hate Shown In Hamlet

Pursuing this further, Hamlet also felt anger throughout the play. Many things throughout the play caused for Hamlet to change from his sad stage into an anger stage. What made Hamlet transition into his anger stage was when he found out through his father’s ghost that King Claudius had killed his father by pouring poison into his ear. Hamlet was filled with anger and wanted to get revenge against his uncle. Hamlet also felt anger towards his mother for marrying King Claudius (the murderer). At one-point Hamlet felt that his mother wasn’t loyal and respectful towards his father. Hamlet said, “...even an animal would have mourned its mate longer than she did…even before the tears on her cheeks had dried, she remarried…” (1.2. 150-154). Hamlet felt like his mother didn’t mourn his father long enough and that she disrespected his honor be remarrying

On William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, after the assassination of his father, Hamlet thinks he is living in a world full of corruption and deceit, where everything is falling apart and everyone is against him. An imminent, exaggerated, and passionate love for his mother is his main feature. Although others argue that Hamlet’s obsession to murder Claudius is strictly to claim revenge for his father’s death, it is Hamlet’s obsessive desire to possess his mother in an unhealthy and, perhaps incestuous, relationship. Hamlet also appears jealous of Claudius, his father-uncle, jealous of him for having Gertrude and for owning the crown. He lives a love-hate relationship with his mother. He is full of anger towards her, but at the same time he

As Hamlet says, ?Frailty thy name is woman?, her actions cause Hamlet to curse women all together. In the first Act, Claudius and Gertrude question Hamlet?s depression. They push Hamlet to accept his father?s death and move on with his life. Hamlet hides his feelings about his mother and the king. He should have admitted his hatred for their marriage. While Hamlet is holding back his feelings, he becomes more angered at their attempts to calm him. Gertrude is also aware of Hamlet?s feelings for Ophelia and uses this as an excuse for Hamlet?s madness. Hamlet has plenty of time to confess the cause of his madness and that?s what he should have done. Instead, Hamlet allows his mother to think he is madly in love rather than tell the truth. After Hamlet delivers his play and sees guilt in his uncle, Gertrude sends for Hamlet. Instead of hurting his mother, he insists on her to tell him the truth. It would have been easier to just go ahead and hurt Gertrude. Also, Hamlet should have acted more swiftly on this, then her confession could have taken place earlier in the play. This could save him from a great deal of pain and leave his thoughts for other problems.

There was an unbreakable bond between mother and son that was completely destroyed when a mother married her husband’s brother. Gertrude and Hamlet are not as close as it seems. Hamlet’s feelings had changed towards his mother after she betrayed his father. Hamlet shows his true colors for his mother when he says,

The relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude is strained at first. From the beginning of the play to act III, Hamlet is bitter with his mother. He feels this way because it has been less than

We can see the dramatic differences in Hamlet’s facial expression and tone of voice when he starts to talk about Claudius and his mother. Hamlet is revolted by him, he is “a mildewed ear/ Blasting his wholesome brother.” We can hear the disgust in Hamlet’s words as he describes his malevolent uncle and this shows the distorted relationship between them. Finally he turns to his mother. His words are full of deep hatred and utter contempt for her. He asks her how she could have replaced her perfect husband with this foul man: “Could you

Initially the reader can understand Hamlet’s anger with Gertrude when she marries his uncle. “O, most wicked speed, to post / with such dexterity to incestuous sheets,” says Hamlet in disgust towards his mother’s marriage (1.2.161-12). Gertrude did marry the king’s brother quickly after his death, so any resentment Hamlet feels towards his mother is justified. The reader sympathizes even more with the character when Hamlet says of the union, “It is not, nor it cannot come to good. / But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue” (1.2.163-164). It appears that Hamlet is attempting to be respectful towards his mother, so it’s easy to appreciate his character in the beginning.

At the end Act 3 Scene 2 of Hamlet, Hamlet speaks to himself before his meeting with his mother. Not knowing what the conversation is going to be about, he already decides to treat his mother harshly and not submit to her motherly charm. This soliloquy expresses Hamlet bitterness towards his mother while still wanting to respect her. He tells himself to go into the meeting with a cold-heart throughout his whole speech, but he also warns himself not to inflict violence on her. I believed that Hamlet anger towards his mother is more for her willingness to remarry quickly after his father's death than any speculation of her role in King Hamlet's murder.

Hamlet also manages to both degrade himself and his uncle in another comparison, saying his uncle was “no more like my father / Than I to Hercules” (1.2.152-3). Though such strong comparisons to romanticized and mythical figures could are partially simple hyperbole, they also underscore some of the insecurity in Hamlet’s character. The value in recognizing this comes as Hamlet descends into his madness, whether real or imaginary, where the reader can see that, even before Hamlet deliberately decides to appear to be “mad” he has certain issues and insecurities with his own feelings. Even more significantly, this passage begins to elaborate on Hamlet’s relationship with his mother. Gertrude represents an interesting dilemma for the deconstructionist critic, as she does not create or involve herself in many conflicts or oppositions. She manages to significantly affect the plot and the subtext of the play while seeming almost insignificant as a character at first glance through the deconstructionist lens. She does not overtly affect events, and often plays the victim of circumstance. This very insignificance creates an issue for Hamlet, who is clearly quite disgusted with her behavior. He vehemently disapproves of the speed of her marriage to Claudius, saying that “a beast, that wants discourse of reason, / Would have mourned longer” (1.2.150-1), but can find no other strong criticism of her other than how fast she remarried. This strikes at the

Hamlet is explaining his grief and his anger towards both his family and his father's passing. He is not happy with all the events that occurred after his father's passing. His mother, Gertrude, marrying his uncle, Claudius. He does not express his anger towards his uncle but explains that the people surrounding him are false of their being. We do not only see the betrayal from Hamlet’s family but we also see it from his close friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

He has a strong desire to avenge his father’s death. It could also be said that compared to the beginning of the story, Hamlet has become more cunning. Similar to Doran’s version, Branagh showcases the fact that Hamlet does not view Gertrude as his mother because she is no longer the virtuous woman she used to be. Nevertheless, Hamlet does not seem to have a desire to seek a physical relationship with his mother because in the “Closet Scene” they both still have their personal space. Their intimacy is still at a normal level for a mother and son relationship.

To those he loves - his mother Gertrude and his lady Ophelia - Hamlet adopts a different tact; his belief that he must go alone and confide in no one, save his friend Horatio, results in his terrible mistreatment of his mother and Ophelia. Between "speaking daggers" to Gertrude and imparting to Ophelia that she should get "to a nunnery," Hamlet makes miserable the lives of the women who love him.

The way Hamlet treats Gertrude is completely just. Hamlet feels his mother has betrayed him because she married his father’s murderer shortly after his father was killed. Hamlet expected his mother, the loving wife of his deceased father, to grieve and never marry again or at least not after two months but Gertrude did. Also, by Gertrude marrying a bad man such as Claudius has caused Hamlet to believe that Gertrude is a bad person and she is not to be trusted. Hamlet thinks that his mother may have been a part of his father’s murder. Hamlet treats her just as he treats Claudius because Hamlet feels Gertrude is no better. Hamlet has the right to be angry and expresses it the way he seems fit and his mother deserves such treatment. Gertrude did move rather quickly after Hamlet’s father passed and she didn’t seem to be fazed by his father’s death anymore. If the readers were in

Ultimately, Hamlet does feel Gertrude betrayed both his father and himself. Hamlet's anger is so intense, he wishes to kill Gertrude, but he cannot, for the ghost specifically tells Hamlet not to hurt his mother, "Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive / Against thy mother aught. Leave her to heaven / And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge / To prick and sting her" (Hamlet, I, v, 92-95). He can only attack her with hurtful words that allude to her role as women.

Hamlet’s emotions are comparable to a stereotypical modern day teenager. He can be very lively and content at times, but also gloomy and ominous. After hearing that his mother is marrying his uncle only weeks after his father unexpectedly dies, Hamlet becomes overwhelmed and considers suicide: “O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt,” (Shakespeare 1.2.133). He is restless with the idea that his uncle is now sleeping with his mother. He loves his mother and does not have intentions of hurting her saying, “I will speak daggers to her, but use none.” (3.2.429), yet he assaults her when given a chance in her chamber. Similarly, Hamlet loves Ophelia so that “Forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum.” (5.1.285-287), but he physically and verbally abuses her on many accounts. Hamlet cannot come to a compromise with his emotions towards Gertrude and Ophelia, thus expressing feelings that are bipolar. In the end, Hamlet spends time coping with his feelings of love and enmity, when he should be worrying about Claudius.