Hamlet personal response

If someone does not possess a conscience or any morals, then all of their actions can be considered reasonable to them, but evil by society. The individual may even see their actions as benefiting society. It all comes down to the way we think. The way we perceive good and evil, our beliefs. Our beliefs dictate our everyday actions, for it’s our ideology that defines individuals or even the masses, thus we have stereotypes. In Hamlet, the reader observes (reads) multiple examples of individuals acting without thinking. Such as Claudius killing his brother in order to become king. Only until later in the play did Claudius start experiencing guilt for murdering brother. He then relieves his guilt by praying for forgiveness. As we can see, religious beliefs and alter our perspectives on life itself, allowing certain actions one may have performed reasonable, necessary, and even tolerable. We can see that Claudius subconsciously uses religion as a safe refuge for his sanity.
There are many examples of how our ideology has dictated the actions we have performed. The examples are countless, from corrupt Politian’s, to terrorists, to soldiers, and it even applies to everyday people. People like you and I. Politian’s see their actions as reasonable, for the see money and power as rewards for their actions. They possess an ideology where everyone around them benefits from their actions, so they perceive it as good, however those who are around them represent the 1%, the rich, the powerful, and most importantly, the corrupt. Another example are terrorists. Terrorists use an obscure view on religion and nationalism to justify their actions. They perform many evil acts, such as murder and torture in the name of the greater good. They take certain beliefs to the extreme, becoming an exclusive group based on obscure and fanatical ideology. They walk away from the norms of society and create their own, a lawless world where zealous behaviour is acceptable and encouraged. While