How Does Hamlet Change

Is the death of your loved one truly causing one to change? Most would say it impacts their life in a way, but to one person, it became their obsession. Hamlet’s world is turned upside down when his father died and when his mother remarried to his own uncle. In each of Hamlet’s soliloquies, one can see that his character changes due to the recent turn of events. At first, he is grieving over his father’s death; after all, about two months had passed since his “death”. Hamlet is agitated over the whole situation with his mother and uncle; it is natural for anyone to feel this way. Nonetheless, his feelings intensified when a ghost of his father told him that he was murdered. At this point, Hamlet’s character has changed into something that was unrecognizable. As time went on, he realizes that he is unsure on how to approach the situation resulting in his character being changed. In Hamlet, written by
Before he spoke with his father, he was bitter about the marriage and his father’s death. As soon as he heard about the murder, he swears to take revenge for his father. His character develops into a man who is reckless and vengeful. Hamlet furiously states, “Yes, by heaven! O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! My tables- meet it is I set it down that one may smile and smile and be a villain” (Hamlet II. V. 106- 109). Hamlet is fuming in this quote; the explanation points showing how outraged he is. His character from the first act changes from bitter to Hamlet becoming mad with rage. He calls his mother a “pernicious woman” which means an evil woman. This shows that Hamlet believes that his mother is evil and calls her a “smiling, damned villain!” So far, Hamlet is upset due to the addition of a new father, but as soon as the ghost told him the truth. His character changes him into a man who is uncontrollable and