Revenge In Hamlet

Hamlet has lived through plenty of ups and downs throughout his childhood. He has been lost and confused within himself, but knew he wanted one thing, which was revenge on his fathers killer, Claudius. His passion of hate developed for Claudius as he married Hamlets mother shortly after the king’s death. Hamlet could not decide on the perfect decision for himself, his mother and father as well as the best way to follow through with the best consequence for Claudius that would impress his father. His everyday life, along with his love life, left him with an empty heart, which slowed the process of the revenge down. Hamlet never expected to be captured and kidnapped by pirates, as he was sent overseas as a young man. His inside thoughts were attacking and overwhelming Him, leaving him depressed and anxious. Hamlet’s life has been leading him to negative thoughts that he cannot process or act accordingly to, due to the excessive amount of issues and options involved in his life at a young age, him being overwhelmed lead him to delaying the process of avenging his fathers killer.

Hamlet is a suspenseful play that introduces the topic of tragedy. Throughout the play, Hamlet displays anger, uncertainty, and obsession with death. Although Hamlet is unaware of it, these emotions cause the mishaps that occur throughout the play. These emotions combined with his unawareness are the leading basis for the tragic hero’s flaws. These flaws lead Hamlet not to be a bad man, but a regular form of imperfection that comes along with being human.

The play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare is about a guy named Hamlet going through a hard time in life, after the death of his father, and the remarriage of his mother to his uncle. Throughout the play were are able to get a greater understanding of who Hamlet really is. The actions of Hamlet in Shakespeare's master piece “Hamlet” proves him to a revenge seeker, emotional, and crazy.

“A bloody deed – almost as bad, good mother/ As kill a king and marry with his brother”, a statement so bold you would assume it was from a bold man, but the reality couldn’t be further from that assumption. In the play Hamlet, the former king’s son Hamlet attempts to take revenge upon the new king, Claudius. As the readers, though we see how Hamlet is indirect in his action and delays his revenge multiple times. Hamlet is a man of inaction. Hamlet waits to kill his Uncle, Claudius, because he is uncertain of the truth, he is afraid of the afterlife, and he is working to exact the perfect revenge.

A ghost appears and says he is Hamlet’s father. The ghost says he was murdered, and wants Hamlet to get revenge on who is responsible for his death. Hamlet is hesitant because he doesn’t know if the ghost is telling the truth. Hamlet must find out the truth and deal with his actions along the way. The ghost has a very impactful and important role in the play, and is the driving point in the play.

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

“While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself”, as is what happens to those who take revenge, buried in their own unforgiveness. Francis Bacon’s idea of revenge attempts to bypass this problem of unforgiveness, with the forgiveness of the perpetrator. But not all revenge can be simply forgiven, which is the case in Hamlet; Francis Bacon also knows about this problem, but describes it in his own words with “The most tolerable sort of revenge is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy; but then let a man take heed the revenge be such as there is no law to punish”(Francis Bacon 15). Sir Francis Bacon’s idea of revenge relates to Hamlet in how revenge is handled, the repercussions of acting in revenge, and its ability to change a person's thought process.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a story that conforms into the nature of the individual’s minds and actions. The illumination of Hamlets destructive ways, continuously remind the audience of the damaging intentions in which revenge effects the personality of the human as well as the people who surround them. Hamlet is a tragedy that continually illustrates the inadequacy of revenge through the poor decisions and procrastination of the protagonist hamlet. The idea of vengence is presented to the audience through three soliloquies’ and by the characters Laertes and Fortinbras’ own revenge intentions, which results in the moral decay and disillusionment of Hamlet. Shakespeare uses religion and humanist philosophy to emphasize traditional values within the play. This then shows the renaissance values of humanism and individual choice being portrayed through the personality of Hamlet consequently subverting the traditions of universal tragedy.

Death is the driving force for the events of the text in Hamlet. Hamlet may be read as a revenge tragedy and in this, the consideration of the reader is drawn to the plight of Hamlet. He doesn’t despair for his temporal loss, although that may be part of it.

How would it feel to live without someone that isn’t with you anymore? Someone whom is dead and can’t be resuscitated. As Hamlet states, “To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?”. Referring that he’d rather be dead than to go against life alone. Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras all seek revenge for their fathers. Their fathers were all murdered and now they want someone to blame. Revenge is never good and sometimes it does more harm than good; revenge comes on its own.

Shakespeare’s motive throughout the play Hamlet held many actions based on revenge. Revenge is what shaped the book because characters close relatives were murdered and it was up to the characters to give their dead loved ones justice. For example, Hamlet’s father was killed by Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, and Laertes’ father, whom was the father of Hamlet’s love, was murdered by Hamlet accidently. Hamlet was after Claudius and Laertes was going after Hamlet. So it’s no surprise that this play ended in a tragedy. Now was revenge a worthy goal? No, no it was not because revenge leads to hatred between one another and causes a circle of revenge between characters.

Throughout the play Hamlet, the most profound theme is revenge and vengeance, leading into tragedy, several people want and seek revenge on each character, also known as an eye for an eye:not always ending beautifully. Hamlet, whom be the main character seeks murder on his uncle, who is King of Denmark after murdering Hamlet’s father. After, hearing about his father’s ghost, Hamlet goes into the woods and tries to speak to the ghost, “Speak; I am bound to hear”(1.5.3-4). Implying to his late father's death of a response. King Hamlet's Ghost replies that if he ever so loved him that Hamlet will “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder”(1.5.25).

As I read hamlet, it first confused me that what hamlet exactly wanted to do, what was his motive. When he hears the news of his father’s demise, he returns from Wittenberg and he is really keen to know what exactly happened to his father. And when he is in the castle, he is suspicious on his uncle as he immediately takes over the throne and this thing did not go well with hamlet and another reason is because after his father’s death, Claudius married Gertrude, who is hamlets mother. Hamlet is eager to find out who killed his father and who all is involved in the murder.

Shakespeare goes to great measures to convey countless tragedies in Hamlet to make it the most popular and known tragedy ever written. Not only did Hamlet have to surpass the tragedies life threw at him, but he also had to consider his conflicting views. Shakespeare also writes the play to show how Hamlet’s hesitation to get revenge on Claudius leads other characters to their death. The tragic theme of Hamlet stems from Hamlet procrastinating revenge, while Laertes and Fortinbras immediately sought revenge for their father’s death, creating a foil between the three characters.

William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ is characterised as a tragedy, illustrating an abundance of significant themes, with one of the most important ideas being revenge. Revenge is defined as an action of hurting somebody in return for something that has been done unjustly wrong. The main character, Hamlet, continuously reflects on revenge throughout the play, particularly in his soliloquies. Nevertheless, he has been procrastinating, talking about the situation, but not demonstrating it. In an honour code, it displays coward-like qualities. Revenge is effectively represented in ‘Hamlet’, as it allows to develop a strong understanding of human strengths and frailties. This is because it represents the different forms of deceptive plots that result in the situation of death. This is clearly evident in Hamlet’s interaction with his father’s ghost, convincing him to murder Claudius for revenge, which extends into the play that is acted out, proving that he is the murderer of his father. Also, Hamlet’s third and most famous soliloquy provides the reader with a reflection on death in his melancholic state of mind, and Hamlet also refrains from killing Claudius as he is praying and decides to kill him at another time.