Villains In Hamlet
There are several antagonists in the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. These villains include Hamlet, Claudius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Laertes, and even Gertrude. They all have either bad intentions or motives at some point. Hamlet, Laertes, and Claudius are murderers. Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Laertes all had the intention to kill someone. Gertrude on the other hand, married her deceased husband’s brother and brought him to the throne. She also did not leave him when the king tried to kill her son Hamlet. Although they may not seem like a bad guy, almost everyone in the story is one. Anyone who has the intentions to kill someone is automatically considered a bad guy. In this novel, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz have a plan to have
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While Hamlet was talking to his mother Gertrude, he heard someone coming and assumed that it was Claudius. So, without confirmation that it was him Hamlet quickly stabbed through the curtain striking Claudius behind it. Once he pulled the curtain, it was not Claudius after all, it was Polonius. Even after murdering the wrong person, he showed no remorse. He has the mindset of a serial killer and it did not phase him. Anyone with no conscience after killing someone is definitely not a good guy. Laertes used a poisoned foil while dueling with Hamlet and struck him with it. This treachery led to the death of Hamlet. During the duel, the foils got mixed up and Laertes got hit with his own foil. Before Laertes died, he confessed to Hamlet about the poison and snitched on the King. Laertes tells Hamlet. “It is here, Hamlet. Hamlet, thou art slain: No med’cine in the world can do thee good. In thee there is not half an hour of life. The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, Unbated and envenomed. The foul practice hath turned itself on me. Lo, here I lie, Never to rise again. Thy mother’s poisoned. I can no more. The King, the King’s to blame.” (5.2.333-340). After Hamlet is told this he then orders the guards to lock the doors and turns to the King with the envenomed foil. He cuts him and forces him to drink the poison drink. Hamlet tells the King “Here, thou incestuous, murd’rous, damned Dane, drink off this poison! Is thy union
While Hamlet was talking to his mother Gertrude, he heard someone coming and assumed that it was Claudius. So, without confirmation that it was him Hamlet quickly stabbed through the curtain striking Claudius behind it. Once he pulled the curtain, it was not Claudius after all, it was Polonius. Even after murdering the wrong person, he showed no remorse. He has the mindset of a serial killer and it did not phase him. Anyone with no conscience after killing someone is definitely not a good guy. Laertes used a poisoned foil while dueling with Hamlet and struck him with it. This treachery led to the death of Hamlet. During the duel, the foils got mixed up and Laertes got hit with his own foil. Before Laertes died, he confessed to Hamlet about the poison and snitched on the King. Laertes tells Hamlet. “It is here, Hamlet. Hamlet, thou art slain: No med’cine in the world can do thee good. In thee there is not half an hour of life. The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, Unbated and envenomed. The foul practice hath turned itself on me. Lo, here I lie, Never to rise again. Thy mother’s poisoned. I can no more. The King, the King’s to blame.” (5.2.333-340). After Hamlet is told this he then orders the guards to lock the doors and turns to the King with the envenomed foil. He cuts him and forces him to drink the poison drink. Hamlet tells the King “Here, thou incestuous, murd’rous, damned Dane, drink off this poison! Is thy union