Hamlet Revenge: A Chain Reaction
In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the theme of revenge is
repeated numerous times throughout the play and involves a great deal of
characters. Of these characters, eight are dead by the end of the play by
result of murder which was initiated through revenge. Shakespeare uses the
revenge theme to create conflict among many characters.
Shakespeare uses the revenge theme to create conflict between Hamlet and
Claudius. In Act I, scene 5, Hamlet is visited by the ghost who was his
father. The ghost makes Hamlet aware of his murderous death when he tells
Hamlet of how Claudius had killed him. The ghost says this to Hamlet
regarding Claudius, "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." This is
where Hamlet is first inrtoduced to the revenge plot between himself and
Claudius. Hamlet wants to insure that the ghost really was his dead father
before he kills......
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