The Revenge of Prince Hamlet
Shakespeare's, Hamlet, is a wonderfully written play that has many tangled webs
of lies, betrayal, and revenge. The play starts off with the death of Hamlets father, the
king. One night Hamlet sees the ghost of his dead father. The ghost speaks to Hamlet and
tells him that he was killed by Claudius. Claudius, who is Hamlets uncle, has recently
become the new king and as well married Hamlets fathers wife, Gertrude. Prince Hamlet
devotes himself to avenging his fathers death, but because he is contemplative and
thoughtful by nature, his heart is not fully in the deed, and he delays, entering himself into
a deep depression and strong apparent madness. Hamlets quest for revenge leads him on a
long journey of deception and eventually his own death.
Hamlet himself feels that he is slacking on his vengeance. He explains that "...all
occasions do inform against [him] and spur [his] dull revenge." (Act IV, Scene iii) There
are many points in the......
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