The Significance Of The Seven Deadly Sins In Hamlet
“Hamlet” is a Shakespearian tragedy where almost every main character dies. Many people look at the play and just think that Shakespeare was a weirdo who was obsessed with death. This may have been true, but the story can also be viewed as a cautionary tale warning about the danger of committing sin. Although all of the Seven Deadly Sins are represented in “Hamlet”, the sin that is most responsible for the death and destruction in the story is wrath because it is shown by Claudius, Hamlet, and Laertes. Wrath is choosing to respond with hate and anger towards someone rather than responding with peace and understanding. Claudius is one of the characters who showed wrath the most in Hamlet. To begin the book, Claudius sets the entire plot in action by killing his brother and taking over as king and also taking Gertrude to be his wife. There may have been several reasons why he did this, but the main reason was because he was angry that his brother was the one who was favored and had power instead of him. This led him to develop a hatred toward his brother which led him to kill him. If Claudius would have responded peacefully he could have possibly asked King Hamlet for a piece of the throne or a position of more power, and the entire conflict of the play could have been avoided. Another instance where Claudius
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They might argue that it was greed that led Claudius to steal the throne and the wife, and that event which caused the chain reaction of everything else that happened in the story. Although greed may have contributed to Claudius's decision, so did wrath. After the initial event, every other murder in the play can be explained by wrath. If the characters would have responded with a little understanding and reason everything could have turned out differently. Instead they responded with anger and hatred which caused much heartache and
They might argue that it was greed that led Claudius to steal the throne and the wife, and that event which caused the chain reaction of everything else that happened in the story. Although greed may have contributed to Claudius's decision, so did wrath. After the initial event, every other murder in the play can be explained by wrath. If the characters would have responded with a little understanding and reason everything could have turned out differently. Instead they responded with anger and hatred which caused much heartache and