Hindrances In Hamlet
“Hamlet” is a very popular play known and read by a lot of people. The play was written by Shakespeare in 1603 and is set in Denmark. The main character in the play is Hamlet who is the prince of Denmark. The play starts when Hamlet’s father king of Denmark is dead, and his ghost appears to tell Hamlet what actually happened to him. Claudius who is the brother of Hamlet senior becomes the king of Denmark after his brother’s death and marries Gertrude the king’s wife. Hamlet is mad about how fast his mother got married after his father died. Ghost of the king meets Hamlet and tell him that Claudius his brother killed him when he was asleep and poured poison into his ear. Hamlet is not sure that the ghost is his father and he wants to check
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He is tasked with avenging his father’s death, and though he faced a dilemma on what action to take, he still comes through and fulfills the revenge scheme that was tasked to him at the end. After the ghost appears to him, Hamlet firstly questions the authenticity of the ghost as it should be in nature. Nevertheless, he goes ahead and plots his revenge against Claudia for the death of his father. However, there are a series of hindrances that present themselves before hamlet on his road to revenge that affect him from a spiritual perspective. Hamlet has to accept that there is indeed good and evil in the world and performing the duty of revenge is fittingly acceptable. We can see his nobility and balance in …show more content…
In relation to the church laws, marrying a sister in law was considered incest, and this angered Hamlet as it can be seen when Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother asks him, “…If it be, why seems it so particular with thee?” (). Gertrude asks him at her wedding to Claudia which Hamlet views as being wrong as he responds by telling her that “...Seems, madam? Nay, it is, I know not ’seems.’ (). The dispute that is portrayed between these two in this scene is a conflict that fuels to the eventual theme of revenge within the play. They question on each other’s hypocrisy as Hamlet is disputing the fact that Gertrude has referred to him as being
He is tasked with avenging his father’s death, and though he faced a dilemma on what action to take, he still comes through and fulfills the revenge scheme that was tasked to him at the end. After the ghost appears to him, Hamlet firstly questions the authenticity of the ghost as it should be in nature. Nevertheless, he goes ahead and plots his revenge against Claudia for the death of his father. However, there are a series of hindrances that present themselves before hamlet on his road to revenge that affect him from a spiritual perspective. Hamlet has to accept that there is indeed good and evil in the world and performing the duty of revenge is fittingly acceptable. We can see his nobility and balance in …show more content…
In relation to the church laws, marrying a sister in law was considered incest, and this angered Hamlet as it can be seen when Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother asks him, “…If it be, why seems it so particular with thee?” (). Gertrude asks him at her wedding to Claudia which Hamlet views as being wrong as he responds by telling her that “...Seems, madam? Nay, it is, I know not ’seems.’ (). The dispute that is portrayed between these two in this scene is a conflict that fuels to the eventual theme of revenge within the play. They question on each other’s hypocrisy as Hamlet is disputing the fact that Gertrude has referred to him as being