Hamlet

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Hamlet
William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, has interested audiences for centuries.
Shakespeare’s character, Hamlet, is a very mysterious person. There is more to
him than meets the eye. Hamlet is not only the prince of Denmark, he is also the
mourning son of a murdered father who is secretly trying to avenge his death
through theatre with the help of his dead father’s ghost. Hamlet’s encounter’s
with his mother, Gertrude, and his uncle, Claudius, are not handled in a rational
way. His experience with Laertes is not an improvement either. These are three
events that set in motion a series of tragic events that should have been avoided.
Hamlet is angry with Gertrude because of her love for Claudius. Hamlet
believes that this affair is incest and his anger is further fueled by the knowledge
of Claudius being his father’s murderer. Hamlet scolds his mother, “nay but to
live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, stewed in corruption, honeying and
making love over the nasty sty.” Hamlet is blinded by anger and allows his
emotions to control his actions. Instead of yelling at his mother, he should have
told her the truth about his father’s death. Since Hamlet did not tell his mother
the truth, he only made matters worse by allowing her to continue living with a
murderer. Hamlet’s anger also leads him to kill Polonius when he hears him
hiding behind a curtain and thinks it is Claudius. If he had been clear-headed he
might have looked behind the curtain and seen it was Polonius, which would
prevent Hamlet from killing him.
Hamlet comes up with an elaborate play that has a plot mirroring the events of
his father’s death, as told to him by his father’s ghost. He believes that Claudius
will see this play and feel guilty, if Claudius is the murderer, and that his showing
remorse would confirm what Hamlet already knew. Upon Claudius seeing the
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