The Hamlet Opinion

The play Hamlet is a great tragedy, there are many factors that caused the tragedy but in my opinion the three most important are, the personality of Hamlet, the ghostly intervention of Hamlet’s father, and the remarriage of Gertrude to Claudious. Hamlet’s personality is very complex, at times he is thoughtful, reflective and philosophical. He is a thinker and his thought process is extensive. This will bother him at times because he would like to make a decision and act on it rather than keep on going back and forth in his mind his decisions. There are times also in the play where he will act irrationally and without thought, these acts are usually followed by a violent act. At one point in the play Hamlet is so enraged with his mother for marrying Claudious that he ends up killing Polonius as he hides behind a large tapestry. Hamlet thought that Claudious was behind the tapestry and without making sure just shoved his sword through and ended up killing Polonius who was there. Another irrational act that Hamlet does is putting on the play that portrays the marriage of his mother to Claudious and accuses him of killing the King. After the play is over he has a duel with Laertes and this leads to the tragic ending of this play. The ghostly intervention of King Hamlet played an important role in making this play a tragedy, the ghost accused Claudious of murdering him and this put Hamlet into a tailspin. He wanted to avenge his father’s death. He did not want to let Claudious get away with his death. Hamlet could not understand why his uncle would kill his own brother and it would drive him crazy. Hamlet could not get past the idea that his mother remarried and that worst of all she married the man that murdered her own husband. This was like a slap in the face because it was like Gertrude only cared about herself and not what was right. Had she not married Claudious there would not have been such a great conflict or tragedy. The marriage put Hamlet over the edge