Revenge in Hamlet

Revenge Revenge is the main theme of Hamlet. Not only is it a major theme in Hamlet, but it surrounds humans daily. I can't connect to revenge on the level of murder, but my brother made me experience a lot of revenge when we would get into fights. We ruined easily one-hundred dollars worth of each others things. Revenge is developed the most with the need to kill Claudius by Hamlet. Another way revenge is embedded into the story is Laertes wants to kill Hamlet because Hamlet accidentally killed his dad, Polonius. The most confusing plot of revenge is young Fortinbras seeking to avenge his fathers death, by killing Claudius; it is confusing because Old King Hamlet killed Fortinbras, not Claudius. Hamlet's revenge of Claudius is one of the main plots of the story while all of the other plots of revenge are just minor. His revenge originated when Claudius killed Old King Hamlet, Hamlet's father. Claudius wanted Gertrude to be his wife also he wanted to be the king of Denmark, so he killed his brother, Old King Hamlet, for it. Hamlet knows that Claudius killed his father and feels that if he doesn't kill Claudius then he didn't even love his father at all. This is because Hamlet spoke to the ghost of old King Hamlet, and he tells Hamlet that Claudius was his murderer and that if Hamlet loved his dad he would seek revenge by murder. In Act 3, scene 3 Hamlet is about to kill Claudius, but Claudius is praying and if he dies while praying he will go to heaven. This shows that not only does Hamlet want to kill Claudius but he also wants him to suffer in Hell for all of eternity. Hamlet's plan is to wait for Claudius to sin, then kill him. Hamlet treats his revenge as if he was a computer because he doesn't let emotion override his logic. Of course revenge has its bad side, for example; in act 3, scene 4 Hamlet kills Polonius when he thought he killed Claudius. Even though it was an accident it makes Laertes want to kill Hamlet in order to avenge his fathers death. It seems as if Laertes is just trying to get in the middle of the drama. Instead of forgiving Hamlet for killing his dad, on accident, he despises him and seeks his revenge. Although both Hamlet and Laertes suffer from a deceased dad, they are foils to each other in the way they handle it. Hamlet asks a million questions then takes action, while Laertes takes action then asks the questions. In some cases action then questions may be the better option but in most situations think before you act. One has to ask themselves, "who's method is better?" Just as Laertes, Fortinbras' dad died as well. Fortinbras takes action then makes sure he did them for the correct reasons. Sound familiar? Laertes and Fortinbras share that characteristic. The average person would more likely to be like Fortinbras and Laertes because when seeking revenge one would have a lot of passion. Passion and logic don't go together in most cases. The reason why this case of revenge is so confusing is because Fortinbras seeks revenge for a person who didn't even kill his father. Old King Hamlet killed killed Fortinbras' dad, but since Old King Hamlet died, Fortinbras needs to find someone to seek revenge for so he decides Claudius is a good victim because he is the new king of Denmark. Revenge has a crazy way of working itself out. Without revenge Hamlet wouldn't even be a story. The most important being Hamlet feeling the need to kill Claudius. Also when Laertes seeks revenge on Hamlet because of an accident. Lastly the confusing plot of revenge for Fortinbras to kill Claudius.