In his timeless tragedy, Hamlet, William Shakespeare unflinchingly illuminates both the perpetually driving force and sweet satisfaction that can accompany revenge through his candid exploration of human ambition and mortality in an effort to ultimately bring the reader to the realization that death is inevitable and in the end, we will all sucumb to the same grim reality of death. Act I of the play, begins with four guards who are the first to see the Ghost of the King and inform Hamlet resulting in him meeting his Father’s ghost and discovering the real cause of his father’s untimely demise. When the ghost reveals that it was actually Hamlet’s Uncle Claudius that killed him in order to steal his throne and wife, Hamlet is enraged and …show more content…
Later, when a troupe of actors comes to the castle, Hamlet devizes a plan to prove Claudius’ guilt by having the actors reenact his murder in front of him. In the next Act, the actors begin the play. This, as Hamlet suspected, greatly angers Claudius. Queen Gertrude orders Hamlet to her room to discuss his recent behaviour, and Polonius takes this opportunity to hide behind a curtain and eavesdrop on their conversation. During their conversation, Gertrude comes to believe that Hamlet intends to murder her and she cries out, causing Polonius to also …show more content…
Upon hearing Polonius’ cry, Hamlet rushes over and stabs Polonius through the curtain, believing that he is Claudius. When he finds that it is not actually Claudius that he has killed, but rather Polonius, Hamlet nonchalantly states how foolish he was for spying on their conversation. In Act IV, Hamlet is sent off to England where Claudius has plans for the English to kill him. When Ophelia’s brother Laertes comes back from France, he finds that not only has his father been killed, but also that his sister has gone mad, and he believes this all to be the fault of the royal court and he bursts into the room followed by a throng of followers who wish to make him king. Claudius seeing the rage of not only Laertes, but also the people backing him, decides to let himself be questioned. Claudius eventually convinces Laertes that his fathers murder is entirely Hamlets fault and when he receives word that Hamlet has escaped his death in England and will soon be returning to the court, he begins hatching a plan with Laertes to kill Hamlet. In the fifth and final act, Hamlet returns to Denmark to find his beloved Ophelia dead and proclaims his love for her at her funeral. In the next scene Hamlet and Laertes engage in a “friendly” sword duel, in which unbeknownst to Hamlet, is Claudius and Laertes plot to
Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, who recently lost his father, the King. The guards persuaded Hamlet to go see his father’s ghost. The ghost reveals to Hamlet that Claudius murdered him, and asks Hamlet to avenge his death. Hamlet swears that he will do it, telling his friend, Horatio, and the guards of his plan. Hamlet is in love with Ophelia, but she ignores him because her father, Polonius, and her brother, Laertes, told her to do so.
Hamlet struggles dealing with his mother because he feels very strange being around her, doesn't get full attention from his mother, and treats her poorly. After Hamlet was very upset towards his mother, he stabs Polonius hiding while behind the tapestry and Ophelia gets mad. Ophelia dies after her father’s death by drowning in the river. When Hamlet and Horatio discuss death, Hamlet admits that he switched the letters. Then, Claudius manipulates Hamlet into a duel with Laertes whose sword is poisoned.
Hamlet’s mind was set on killing Claudius to get revenge on his father. While plotting to kill his uncle Hamlet, in a fit of rage, stabbed and killed Polonius while he was hiding behind a curtain. After Ophelia found out about her father 's death she became mad and decided that she could take her own life to fix all her pain. Shortly after Laertes discovered his sister killed herself, he wanted to fight and kill
Throughout the play Hamlet continues to act insane and even dies with the act continuing. Even after Hamlet gathers all the evidence that proves Claudius is the murder, Hamlet continues to behave in a strange way. When he mistakenly murders Polonius he does not react as a sane person would. This act enrages Laertes, who then wants to avenge his father’s death. Driven to madness by the murder of his father, Laertes, with the help of Claudius conspires to kill Hamlet.
Upon Hamlet's return, Laertes and Claudius devise a plan to murder Hamlet with poison and Laertes challenges Hamlet to a duel. Hamlet's mother accidentally drinks the poison, Hamlet is cut with a poisoned sword and Laertes falls to his death. Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, dies of the poison and Claudius is revealed as the culprit, so Hamlet kills him with the poison to finally exact his revenge. Fortinbras, Prince of Norway, arrives to find everyone dead and decides to honor Hamlet as a fallen hero. Claudius planned everything to save the kingdom because he believed he was better suited to rule, he knew Hamlet couldn't rule the kingdom and because he didn't believe Hamlet's father could protect them from their
Hamlet is overcome by emotion and becomes unstable, saying on line 264, “Yet I have in me something dangerous, which let thy wisdom fear. Hold off thy hand,” as he fights with Laertes. This emotional instability continues after the fight is broken up as Hamlet insists that he loved Ophelia much more than Laertes. Hamlet once again demonstrates true madness in the final scene of the play, the fight between himself and Laertes. After the scuffle between Hamlet and Laertes and the collapse of Gertrude, Laertes tells Hamlet that the dagger and the Queen were poisoned by King Claudius.
Consequently, Hamlet killed Polonius when he realized he was being spied on, mistaking him for the king. For this reason, Ophelia went crazy. She was later found at the bottom of a river. Furthermore, an angry Laertes returned from France, determined to avenge his father. Sharing a common interest, he and King Claudius devised a plan to poison Prince Hamlet.
Mortality plays a huge role in the play of Hamlet, they are introduced from the very beginning. After his father’s death, Hamlet cannot stop thinking and wondering about the meaning of life, and it’s ending. The entire play is steeped in the question of what happens after you die. Hamlet at one point even refuses to kill Claudius while he had the chance because Claudius was praying at the time, and Hamlet thought that if Claudius dies whilst praying he would go directly to heaven, “When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? No.
Laertes is the son of Polonius and Ophelia’s brother, plays a very important role in the play even though he does not appear often. He is an impulsive person who does not think before he acts and is willing to kill to avenge his father’s death. Laertes is ready to get revenge for his father’s death but does not seem very emotional about the fact that his father is dead. Laertes is violent and ready to avenge his father’s death and is willing to do whatever it takes, because of this, Claudius is able to use him to help him get rid of Hamlet by manipulating him to duel with Hamlet. After Ophelia’s burial, when Laertes is dueling with Hamlet he is wounded.
Laertes is respected by many for his strong set of morals as well as his belief in justice and honor. He is idealistic and well-meaning (“Hamlet” 3). His character represents the “...embodiment of official duty and obedience...”(Sadowski 9). Hamlet was a long-time friend of Laertes until his sudden descent into fake madness and obsession with revenge which consequently lead to the accidental killing of Polonius that was meant to be Claudius. Later on, after devastating heartbreak and insanity Ophelia mysteriously
Hamlet begins to talk to the skull and tell it to take care of Ophelia and to make her laugh. At this point Horatio would consider Hamlet a mad man. He may even question Hamlet’s consciousness. Then a preparation for Ophelia's burial set up and the funeral begins. Laertes, the brother of Ophelia, and Hamlet begin to argue about who loves Ophelia more.
Claudius' rough response to the play persuades Hamlet regarding his blame. Claudius storms from the play where he bows in private petition. Villa finds him and takes steps to murder him without further ado, just to alter his opinion, expecting that Claudius would be sent to paradise on the off chance that he were executed while in the demonstration of apology. Villa jolts into his mom's room, where, it appears to her, he is going to execute her. Rather, he unintentionally murders Polonius, the father of Ophelia and Laertes, who is listening in behind the draperies.
In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet not only has to deal with the revenge for his father’s death, but also has to make a decision between life and death. The first death theme in Hamlet is from the murder of King Hamlet, who is a ghost
Soon after Polonius was killed, Gertrude rushes to speak to Claudius. She tells him that Hamlet killed Polonius after yelling out that there was a rat. She also said if it were Claudius hiding behind the tapestry, Hamlet would have killed him. He tells Gertrude that they must send Hamlet to England. He sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet.
Hamlet learns that Claudius is the murderer of his father. The ghost orders Hamlet to get revenge on Claudius but with out harming Gertrude, Hamlets mother. Hamlet visits his mother and tell her about Claudius, and the ghost comes back and tells Hamlet to not harm his mother. Hamlet hears a noise and proceeds to stab the curtain killing Polonius, which he thought it was Claudius. Ophelia hears of her father’s death and turns