Why Is Hamlet To Blame For His Father's Death

Hamlet's sad and disappointing life made him want revenge for his father’s death that was caused by a member of his family, his uncle. In ‘Hamlet’, by William Shakespeare, the main character is Hamlet. Throughout this play Hamlet begins to act like if he was to be crazy to get answers from people but he starts believing it himself that he’s crazy. Once he start believing his own lie things within his family and loved ones start changing and turning into major conflicts which causes verbal damage to Hamlet's mom and loved ones.

“What is the meaning of life? What is it of me now that my father is dead?” These are questions that hamlet has yet to answer. When Hamlet returns home to find evidence of his father’s death. Hamlet's father’s ghost appears and tells him that he needs to revenge him for his death. Hamlet is trying to prove that Claudius killed his father before he takes any aggressive actions toward him . However, Hamlet is pensive ad extremum, at times even brooding; he constantly overuses his intellect while ignoring his emotions.
For example, when Hamlet comes across his father’s ghost, he only chooses to believe that it is not him even though he has an emotional reaction upon seeing him. Hamlet says “Let me not burst in ignorance; but tell / Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death, / Have burst their cerements . . . Say, why is this? wherefore? what should we do?”. His mind tells him that the sight of his father's ghost cannot be possibly true, however his emotions convince him that it really is his ghost. However, he tries to forget his emotion and stay doubting about his father's