Revenge and Vengeance in Shakespeares Hamlet - Revenge :: Shakespeare Hamlet Essays

crossroads Revenge Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic play consisting of numerousdeaths. The deaths that took place played a rattling important role in theunfolding of the play. In reading this play the reader can almost guess who wasgoing to die. A prince named Hamlet is the chief(prenominal) character. Hamlet is a collegestudent who one day planned to take over the throne in Denmark, further treacherywould spoil all of Hamlets plans. The King, Hamlets father, was open up dead inan orchard where he spent much of his time. All of the Kings subjects,including Hamlet, thought his majesty died because of a snake bite. Hamlet wasdevastated when he learned of his fathers death, but what made him more uneasywas the fact that Gertrude, Hamlets come, remarried so quickly to the brotherof the dead King. The brother would be the one who would betray Hamlet. Horatio, a loyal accomplice to Hamlet, was on night watch outside the castle,he told the prince of an incident when they sa w an apparition who resembledKing Hamlet. Hamlet came out the next night hoping to see the ghost. trustedenough, the ghost appeared and called to Hamlet, wanting to speak with him. Thespirit talked about how Claudius poisoned the King while he was sleeping, Tisgiven out that, sleeping in my orchard,/ a serpent pissed me (1.5, 36) but itwas not a snake that the ghost is referring to. The spirit wanted the prince toavenge his murder. All was quiet in the kingdom until the start of Hamlets supposedinsanity. The Prince was with his mother talking when the prince noticed someone in the room. Hamlet thought it was Claudius, How now? A rat? Deadfor a ducat, dead (3.4,25) Indeed Hamlet killed someone but it was notClaudius, twas Polonius who was slain. Time had gone by and supposedly Hamlet was getting worse, so Claudiusdecided to send Hamlet to an asylum in England. Hamlet escaped and returned toDenmark and hid. While Hamlet was away, Ophelia, Hamlets girlfriend, wasacting strangely. Al though it was never admitted, Ophelia had become insane. It was herinsanity that. As Hamlet was hiding in the graveyard, a funeral procession approachedhim, but he did not know whose funeral it was. Hamlet finally found that it wasOphelia who had died. Even though Hamlet was hurt emotionally, Laertes was theone who was hurt the worst. Laertes had these worlds to say, O treble woe/ come ten times treble on that cursed head/ Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious