Vengeance In Count Of Monte Cristo And Hamlet

The Ghost's accusations increase Hamlet's dilemma, since one of his main concerns is the afterlife of Claudius. After proving Hamlet that Claudius is a murderer, the prince delays in getting revenge against his uncle. The reason for his delay is that he does not want

In the play by William Shakespeare, the ghost of King Hamlet approaches his mourning and depressed son, Hamlet, who is still affected by his death. The ghost explains to Hamlet how he died and demands that Hamlet avenge his death. Note how the ghost approaches Hamlet when he’s the weakest and still mourning to persuade and manipulate him into taking revenge for him. In Act one Scene 5 the ghost states, “If thou didst ever thy dear father love-/ Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.” The way King Hamlet words his request is more as a challenge; in which Hamlet’s love for his dead father can only be proven by carrying out whatever his father wishes. The ghost influences most Hamlet’s behavior, which not only affects the plot, but also the relationships with other characters. The ghost influences the relationship between Hamlet and his mother, Gertrude. He becomes angry at Gertrude because of her fast marriage with his uncle Claudius. Through the use of innuendos, antic disposition, and metamorphic plays, Hamlet makes it his duty to get King Claudius back for killing his father. Hamlet agreed to avenge his father without second thought. As the play advances, Hamlet begins to doubt the apparition. In act 3 Hamlet begins to have second thoughts and states, “The spirit that I have seen/ May be a devil…” This shows Hamlet’s inner conflict between listening to his father and avenging his death or following his ethics. To be sure that Claudius

When Hamlet is first encountered with the ghost that resembles his father, it is revealed that his uncle Claudius might have been the cause of his father’s death. Hamlet is then confused about what he should believe and how he

When Hamlet’s father, the late king of Denmark, comes to him as a ghost and reveals he died at the hands of his brother, Claudius, he demands Hamlet “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1.4.23-25). Without hesitation, Hamlet agrees to avenge his father’s death, saying, “Haste me to know’t, that I with wings as swift / as meditation or the thoughts of love, / May sweep to my revenge” (1.5.29-31). He decides the proper form of justice is to kill Claudius, just as the king killed his own brother, though he has his own motives. Hamlet loathes Claudius for marrying his mother, and learning King Hamlet died at the hands of Claudius only provokes Hamlet more. As the play continues, Hamlet plots his revenge, and he deceives everyone with his apparent insanity. Hamlet eventually succeeds in his search for vengeance and justice, though it kills him as well. He

In addition, Hamlets madness causes him to want to kill the king, Claudius, and clouds his thoughts. When Hamlets, fathers ghost comes to visit him, it tells Hamlet to get revenge on its death and to kill Claudius. While the ghost disappears Hamlet recounts what he has just done and states, “So, Uncle, there you are. Now to my word:/It is ‘Adieu, adieu, remember me!’ / I have sworn’t” (I.v.110-112). Hamlet is not even certain that the ghost is his father at first, yet he still aims to kill the king. His anger over his father’s death leads Hamlet to not think clearly, causing him to act out which in the end, leads to his death.

First of all, King Hamlet, in ghost form, takes advantage of Hamlet for his own needs. The ghost comes to his son, Hamlet, only to ask him to seek revenge on Claudius, his brother, who was the reason for his death. The ghost specifically states to “revenge his soul and most unnatural murder” after coming back from the dead (1.5.31). The ghost does not ask about how Hamlet was, but he uses Hamlet for his own benefit. He does not look at any of the obstacles that Hamlet would have to go through to complete this task, nor does he think about how the need for revenge might even lead to Hamlet’s suffering. The ghost’s “youthful observation [was] copied there, and [his] commandment all alone live within the book and volume” in Hamlet’s brain (1.5.108-110). All Hamlet’s actions came from this one revenge request. Hamlet staged his madness just to find out Claudius’ guilt, but he did not realize that he was hurting his mother, Polonius, and even Ophelia along the way. Gertrude becomes devastated as Hamlet’s madness seems to progress. She had to face her son’s wrath and abuse even though she did not know the truth about her husband’s death. Hamlet’s staged madness also has a major effect on Polonius as he is murdered during the conversation between Gertrude and her son. Ophelia faces confusion when Hamlet unexpectedly bashes her for being a female and makes jokes about her virginity. All three of

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet relays Hamlet’s quest to avenge the murder of his father, the king of Denmark. The late King Hamlet was murdered by his brother, Claudius, who took the throne and Hamlet’s mother Gertrude for himself. Hamlet is beseeched by the ghost of his father to take vengeance upon Claudius; while he swears to do so, the prince inexplicably delays killing Claudius for months on end. Hamlet’s feeble attempt to first confirm his uncle’s guilt with a play that recounts the murder and his botched excuses for not killing Claudius when the opportunity arises serve as testimony to Hamlet’s true self. Hamlet is riddled with doubt towards the validity of the ghost and his own ability to carry out the act necessary to

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, a ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle, Claudius, is responsible for the death of his father. Hamlet is driven to reveal the truth of his father's death and seeks to avenge his murder to achieve justice. In his quest to right the wrongdoing, Hamlet delays acting toward justice for many reasons. The main factor for Hamlet's hesitation is attributed to his self-discipline. He lacks of ability to act on his emotions. Hamlet is an intelligent, moral, and reserved character. He restrains himself to act rationally and not on emotion. This hesitation is a tragic flaw for Hamlet, but in order to resolve the truth, it is necessary.

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, King Hamlet is killed by Claudius, Prince Hamlet’s uncle. The late king returns as what is suspected to be a ghost or spirit and gives Prince Hamlet orders to seek revenge on Claudius and murder him. This causes Hamlet to intensely consider whether honor or logic is more important. Although Shakespeare only directly refers to one ghost, there are many more ghosts behind the scenes. In the tragedy by Shakespeare, Hamlet as well as all the characters have their own underlying ghosts and subconsciouses of anxiety, insanity, and dependency that result in death.

In the Shakespearean drama Hamlet, the entire story is driven by the pivotal first act in which the Prince encounters the ghost of his father, who was murdered by the newly appointed King Claudius. King Hamlet instructs his son to get revenge on his relative, but he does not follow through, resulting in many missed opportunities. In the hypothetical situation in which Hamlet did not come in contact with the apparition, he still would not have exacted revenge on Claudius. There is no reason he would chose to get his vengeance if he refused to do so even with his father’s prodding. In addition, although he may still use the players to determine the identity of the murderer, Hamlet would not act choose to act on what he has learned and would die

Hamlet is given three commands by the Ghost (his father) which are to revenge him, not to taint his mind while doing so and to leave his mother to heaven alone. What is clear is that Hamlet didn’t entirely trust the Ghost because he could have been a ‘spirit of health’ or a ‘goblin damned’ (I, iv, 40) and embarks on a plan to see if he is telling the truth about Claudius poisoning his father, the late king. He is guilty and Hamlet must now do what the Ghost of his father wishes but it becomes complicated throughout act 2 and 3.

Jacob Daradich Grade 12 Ela b30 Shakespeare’s Hamlet involves protagonist, Hamlet, who is a passive-aggressive hero plagued with procrastination and delay in avenging the death of his father by killing his uncle Claudius, the villain and antagonist in the play. Although Hamlet has multiple opportunities to kill Claudius throughout the play, he delays this for multiple reasons. The purpose of this essay will be to discuss the following explanations in Hamlet’s delay in killing his uncle to avenge his father’s death Hamlet was uncertain about the words of his father’s Ghost so he staged a play Hamlet wanted to get revenge against Claudius by ensuring he did not go to heaven, and Hamlet’s inherent characteristics of morality and idealism. Hamlet was doubtful and reluctant to believe his father’s Ghost as he was not entirely convinced that the Ghost was telling the truth about his father’s death at the hands of Claudius. In Act 2, Scene 2 of Hamlet, Hamlet alluded to the Ghost of his father being a devil that would convince him to kill his uncle by taking advantage of his melancholy and weakness,

Hamlet procrastinates the act of avenging his father due to his need to justify his actions to himself. After Hamlet receives information and commission from the ghost, he feels obligated to restore the great chain of being but needs to prove it truthful before he goes through with any action. “observe my uncle if his occulted guilt do not itself unkennel in one speech, it is a damned ghost that we have seen and my imagination's are as foul as Vulcan’s stithy” (3.2.78-83). Hamlet purposely puts on a plate intending to uncover Claudius's guilt. He will believe the ghost’s words to be faithful if Claudius shows visual signs of his guilty conscience about killing King Hamlet. Hamlet knows now that he must kill Claudius,

A seed is planted in his mind that grows as the play progresses. Hamlet, however, is skeptical of the reliability of the ghost until he has seen Claudius’ reaction toward a play with events very similar to that of which the Ghost tells him. (3.2.43-83, 3.2.244-269). Only after this does Hamlet truly seek to avenge his father’s murder for he now knows of Claudius’ guilty conscience. He wanted to be sure the Ghost was telling the truth and not leading him

Hamlet was shocked to hear of his fathers death and even more shocked when the ghost of King Hamlet told the truth of his murder at the hands of Claudius. Hamlet was enraged and swore to his father he would avenge his death, “Haste me to know’t, that I, with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love, may sweep to my revenge.” The play could have been over and done soon after this but, through overthinking Hamlet manages to draw the revenge out for quite some time. A portion of Hamlets idleness is before he is actually certain of Claudius’ guilt. Even though the ghost has told him of the murder Hamlet is wary and wants to make sure the ghost isn’t the devil in