Hamlett Essay
... less than one month after his father’s death. “Heaven and earth, must I remember? Why, she would hang on him as if increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on. And yet, within a month…” – (I.ii.146-149). His depression soon transforms into anger, when he meets the spirit of his father, which tells him that his uncle Claudius murdered King Hamlet. Many people make irrational decisions when they are put in a position where they are very hurt by a person they truly despise. However, Hamlet is like a man of thought. He first wonders if everything the spirit said was true. He wonders if the spirit was from hell and was trying to make him do the wrong thing. Hamlet quickly realizes that he must discover if his father was murdered by Claudius. As the plot develops, Hamlet discovers that Claudius really did murder his father. The spirit comes yet again and reminds him that he must avenge his father’s death. At one point in the story, Hamlet finds Claudius in a small room, praying. Hamlet raises his sword to kill Claudius but then does not. Prince Hamlet tells himself and the audience in a soliloquy that if he had killed the unaware Claudius at that moment, he would have went to heaven, since he was praying for the forgiveness of his sins. “A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to Heaven. Why this is not revenge.” – (III.iii.81-84). This shows that Hamlet did not want to avenge his father’s death as just a task. He wanted to kill Claudius from deep inside his soul. He believed that he was doing the right thing. This shows that Hamlet’s passion for his father and determination to make Claudius’ life and afterlife as worse as it could possibly be. After the second appearance of the spirit, Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius, thinking that it was Claudius. Polonius’ sister, Cornelia, goes mad after discovering that her father was murdered. Her madness grew until she drowned in a river. Cornelia’s brother, Laertes, becomes raged with anger. This leads to another revenge plot, where Laertes wants to kill Hamlet. Laertes joins with Claudius to kill Hamlet by poisoning him. During the act of poisoning Hamlet, Gertrude drinks from the poisoned cup which was prepared for Hamlet by Claudius. Laertes and Hamlet both get wounded by a poisoned sword that Laertes used. Laertes is aware that both him, Hamlet and Gertrude were all poisoned. He feels quite guilty for the death of an innocent life. As he is dying he asks Hamlet for forgiveness. He tells Hamlet that they were all poisoned and that Claudius made the poisoned cup. Using the last few moments of his life, Hamlet makes Claudius drink the rest of the poisoned cup that Gertrude drank and stabbed him as well. Shakespeare’s tragedy ends with the death of these characters. Meanwhile...