hamlet

...ne away from him. His father’s death was an overwhelming event for Hamlet, painful, mournful which adds the disillusion towards his mother’s disregard to the death of her first husband. Furthermore, he faces the devastating truth about his father’s death confessed apparently by his father’s ghost. He reveals to Hamlet that his wicked brother killed him while sleeping in his orchard. The ghost tempts Hamlet to assassinate the king and gain revenge. At this point Hamlet feels very frustrated, his world just shattered and he doesn’t know what to do. Therefore Hamlet asks permission to go away, back to college but his mother and uncle plea him to stay. Consequently Hamlet is trapped in the castle not able to avoid his malicious uncle, perplexed, distrustful, reflecting on his next decisions. Hamlet became tired of this sinful world; he had no more pleasure in the things he used to do. Moreover another sadness was added to his ongoing sorrows; Ophelia, his girlfriend has been forbidden by her father Polonius to see Hamlet, so she had rejected him returning his letters and gifts. Hamlet feels alone, heartbroken and everything he used to believe in and love to do now seem to have no importance. All of this seems like a bad dream; one of those nightmares where you feel like trapped with no way out, so as a result your already tired nervous system just brakes down. Even if he went away for a while, the continuous pressure in his conscience, the ghost request for revenge, the hate for his uncle and the desire of justice will never leave him. That’s why for all this time Hamlet feels imprisoned. Some time is passed and Hamlet’s behavior has arisen rumors in the castle. At this time, everybody has noticed Hamlet’s strange behavior, which has brought a lot of concern...

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