Hamlets use of reason reassures him that his uncle is guilty. This causes hamlet to seek revenge‚ which triggers the play. This plan upsets Claudius‚ leads hamlet into falsely killing Polonius and eventually leading him to his downfall. Another role of reason is when it acts on Hamlets superego and he overthinks his chance to kill Claudius. While Claudius is praying‚ Hamlet spying on him says‚ “Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying. And not I’ll do ’t. And so he goes to heaven. And so am
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However‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ Gertrude‚ betrays his father by remarrying with Claudius. The Ghost calls Gertrude his “most seeming – virtuous queen” which implies that she only seems to be virtuous‚ but is not.(1.5.53) To be virtuous means to be honest and moral‚ Hamlet believes that his mother is no longer either because she remarried
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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
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Hamlet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Throughout Hamlet a lot of different things are going on and the main character Hamlet’s overall goal is to take revenge on his uncle‚ King Claudius. Hamlet finds out that his uncle killed his father and promises to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet becomes resentful of his mother for marrying his uncle only two months after his father’s death. Hamlet is the tragic hero in the play and is one of the most complicated characters. Hamlet
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mother‚ Gertrude‚ remarried to his father’s brother Claudius. This infuriates Hamlet‚ and brings out his repressed Oedipus Complex. This drives Hamlet crazy. He is consumed and outraged by this incestuous marriage. Now I use the word incestuous because in those days it was considered incest to marry your husband’s brother. What needs to be explained is exactly what Hamlet it is upset over. It is to be assumed that he is outraged because Claudius has replaced his own father’s place next to his mother
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die including two families and two childhood friends of Hamlet. In these deaths‚ it might be that some characters deserve death such as Claudius‚ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ but the deaths of Hamlet and Ophelia make audiences mourn over. Picking some of these characters‚ I will identify how obeying the ghost affects and changes attitude of Hamlet himself‚ Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ Ophelia and Laertes and leads to their death as final results. The revenge thought is killing Hamlet inside. Hamlet is introduced
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GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS ENTERS.
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Hamlet when the new king‚ Claudius addresses him as "But now‚ my cousin Hamlet‚ and my son—" in line 64. Claudius calls Hamlet his ’cousin’ and ’son’ because after Old King Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s father‚ died his brother‚ Claudius took his throne and married his brother’s widowed wife‚ Gertrude‚ making him not only Hamlet’s guardian but also his step-father. In terms of the actual words‚ with “kin” Hamlet basically means to say that since Claudius has married his mother‚ Claudius is now more than a relative
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dispositions‚ Hamlet ’s hesitancy at within his first opportunity to kill Claudius‚ and when Hamlet mistakenly murders Polonius in place of the king. One of the possible climaxes is definitely the play that Hamlet plans in order to see if any visible guilt is retracted from the king upon seeing it. In this scene Hamlet confirms to himself that King Claudius is guilty of his father‚ King Hamlet ’s‚ murder. Because the play causes Claudius to have to leave upon seeing one of the actors kill his own brother
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ultimately causes his death. There are several reasons to explain Hamlet’s inaction: doubts about the honesty of the ghost‚ too much thought and analysis‚ and his melancholy demeanor. When Hamlet is shown the ghost of his dead father who accuses Claudius of poisoning him‚ he orders Hamlet to seek revenge against his murderer; Hamlet immediately swears on his sword he would obey his father’s wishes: Haste me to know ‘t‚ that I‚ with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love‚ May sweep
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