Revenge of Hamlet

Revenge of Hamlet Hamlet of Shakespeare is one of the famous play in the word. It also is known as tragedy which a lot of people die during the play. The revenge is mentioned in the early of the play when the spirit of the king asks Hamlet to revenge his death. The drama of the king leads to another tragedy which eight people 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 in the beginning of the play is prince of Denmark. He is loved by subject and have a petty love with Ophelia. However, the death of his father changes him. He becomes depressed and lonely. The peak of his grief is when Hamlet hears about reason his father died, and he is asked to revenge his father 's death. "To be or not to be" soliloquy shows his grief. In "Hamlet 's Third Soliloquy", Tucker Brooke explains: ""To be or not to be" soliloquy shows him indeed in the blankest despair. The performance of the play rouses him, but in sufficiently. A dozen distractions press upon him" (121). This soliloquy shows his mad, his complex mind. His madness is attitude against Claudius and grief of his situation. Deciding revenge, Hamlet also ignores his love. Hamlet seems forget himself, his love and his future. He just focuses on the ghost 's wish. However, he does not blind to follow everything the ghost said. He makes a play in play to sure Claudius is a murderer or the ghost is guilty. After recognizing the murderer, Hamlet decides to kill Claudius. He follows his plan correctly. Finally, he can revenge his father 's death by killing Claudius after humming and haw times. At the end of the play, he dies even though he got what he wants. He died because of Laertes. However, beyond this reason, he should die because he already dies inside. He has nothing left to feel alive when his parents and love die. The revenge affects his mind and ends of his life as the better solution to help him free with the revenge. Actions of Hamlet lead Claudius to show up his fiendishness which he tries to hide after killing his brother. Claudius is known from very beginning is a murderer. The revenge of Hamlet makes Claudius fear and feel sinful, but then becomes more dangerous and malicious. Claudius does not do anything harm for Hamlet ' live at the beginning. This murderer just wants to make Hamlet move on and forget about his father 's death. If Hamlet did not obey the ghost, it might be no more death except the king 's death in the play. Choosing to revenge, Hamlet 's behavior makes him scare. When watching the Mousetrap which is play in the play, Claudius sees himself in the Mousetrap. After Hamlet kills Pololius by mistake, Claudius becomes more dangerous cause he knows his live is in danger. Sending Hamlet to England and arranging tran dau kiem to kill Hamlet are two evidences which prove the murderer 's cunning designs. His dangerous is presented more full size film version. According to "Hamlet", Roger Ebert recognizes:" The role of Claudius is especially enriched: In shorter versions, he is the scowling usurper who functions only as villain. Here, with lines and scenes restored, he seems more balanced and powerful. He might have made a plausible king of Denmark, had things turned out differently". Claudius is killed by Hamlet. However, Claudius is not the one dying first, but at the end of the play. As the ghost 's wish, Hamlet does not revenge Gertrude. Nevertheless, he points out her faults. Gertrude is argued that both piteous and contemptible women. At the beginning of "Hamlet", Gertrude is soon happy after the king 's death. She tries to make Hamlet feel happy with her new husband. Audiences can see the simple hope of the women. All Gertrude wants is happy family and happy life. Thus, Gertrude is totally innocence. However, Hamlet believes his mother is adulteress. He claims Gertrude is sexuality and unfaithful women. In "Hamlet", Shakespeare does talk detail about her sexuality, but it comes from Hamlet 's though. During the play, Hamlet recognizes her guilty. In "Gertrude 's Elusive Libido and Shakespeare 's Unreliable Narrators, Richard Levin explains: "because he[Hamlet] insists that she[Gertrude] is too old to be impelled by lust, which directly contradicts the explicit account in the Ghost’s speech and the assumption in the stereotype..." (178) Her conscience is putted down heavily. He becomes an unethical and disobedient son when fulfilling the ghost 's wish .The second time and also last time the ghost appears to remind Hamlet do not revenge Gertrude. It illustrates the ghost controls Hamlet 's activities. The death of Gertrude might be a result of ... might not. Hamlet do nothing with his mother 's death. Gertrude dies because of drinking noxious wine which Claudius makes for Hamlet. The madness and death of Ophelia is the saddest tragedy of the play. The love of Hamlet and her is beautiful. After Hamlet decides to revenge his father 's death. Hamlet knows he could not stick with marriage. He also does not believe in beautiful women anymore cause his mother 's love to his father is an example. He tells Ophelia that he used to love her and suggests her to go to a nunnery to demonstrate her chastity. He make her feel wretched and hopeless. In addition, revenging Claudius makes Hamlet kill Polonius by mistake. The frigid attitude of Hamlet to Ophelia and the death of her father drive her crazy. She suicides as a result. In "Shakespeare 's Hamlet", David M Smith affirms: "Hamlet 's cruelty to Ophelia is one of the most powerful and moving dramatic gestures anywhere in Shakespeare" (174). Hamlet is (selfish) when he ignores his love and focuses on the ghost 's wish. He fails to understand Ophelia... Even though Hamlet admits his love in Ophelia 's funeral, it make non-sense. He still is cause leads to her death. The revenge of Hamlet leads to the revenge of Laertes. Laertes is one of characters who does not relate to the revenge of Hamlet, but he is brought about the circle of revenge. Laertes is an immature and unthoughtful man. After the death of his father and his sister, Laertes lets Claudius take advantage because he does not have his own judgment. It is hard to say Laertes ' revenge right or wrong, but audiences can see his love to his father and especially his sister. If I were Laertes, I might act like him even though I know Claudius... Dan Albergotti pretends to be Laertes to understand and sympathize with Laertes ' situation in "Laertes At Practice". He said:" I knew that I had to act or die. I had to be loud, had to shake fury like a sword in the king 's face. Circumstances called for no less. Thrust. But really, my heart is as gray and dull as these tone walls." (111) However, before he dies, he regrets for his revenge, understands and forgives Hamlet. In conclusion, revenge the death of Hamlet 's father affect not only his family, but also other characters. The revenge kill Hamlet 's live.... shows Claudius 's doc ac and his death is a su tra gia va den toi. make Ophelia mad, ... Although he has suffient reason to revenge, his revenge is bloody and impulsive because he unintentionally kills Polonius, drives Ophelia to suicide, and causes Laertes 's animosity

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