Essay About Shakespeare’S Hamlet And Motives Of Young Hamlet

Revenge and DownfallRevenge and DownfallYasmin NunezIn Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it is the desire for revenge that lies behind the motives of young Hamlet. His moral struggle towards revenge becomes an obsession leading to a change in character. His actions strongly imply that madness has overcome him. However, there are hints present in the text that implies his madness was feigned in order to achieve his revenge.

Immediately following the appearance of old King Hamlet’s ghost, Hamlet warns Horatio that he may act mad, which foreshadows a change in Hamlet’s character. The reader is prepared that any abnormal acts may be a result from Hamlet’s acting. As the play continues, more questions are raised that involve his sanity.

Ophelia, who was the first to witness his madness, offered an insight as she described Hamlet’s actions to her father. Hamlet, who was described as being mad, was speechless and only stared into Ophelia’s eyes. The bizarre actions of Hamlet are presumed to be an act, but the strong visualization of the scene can create doubt in a reader’s mind. If Hamlet was feigning his madness, then why would he want to frighten his girlfriend that he cared for so much?

As more events led to the questioning of Hamlet’s sanity, the reader was given a glimpse into the mind of Hamlet in the famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy. Hamlet’s questions of life and contemplation of suicide revealed his emotions of depression, which derived mainly from his family conflicts. His build up of stress, depression, and inability to cope with these emotions could have easily affected him. His constant reminder of the evil in King Claudius and his vow to seek revenge also added to his burden. His struggles against these emotions weakened him, and ultimately led him to actual madness.

As it become more evident that Hamlet’s acting could have become a reality, his desire for revenge becomes stronger. He becomes more focus on achieving his revenge, but does not rush for the opportunity. When Hamlet approached King Claudius praying in act 3 scene 3, he does not react immediately. He thinks about his actions and decides not to harm the King. This thought out decision would lead one to believe that Hamlet is not crazy due to his ability to rationalize, but Hamlet’s decision not to kill the King was because he did not want to kill him after he had confessed his sins to God. Thus, the fact that Hamlet thinks to the extent of whether or not the King’s soul will go to heaven or hell shows that his intentions were

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On your last question, the point of the story is the fact that his desire to kill the King stems from the thought that he needs to fulfill the “purification” of sin (a concept not really associated with human acts on his part, in fact, as of that point they are usually called acts of good), and not from his desire to destroy God in acting. In conclusion, Hamlet’s act was not intended to be a crime to befall the King, who might have, on account of his inability to rationalize and his intention to save both himself and the King were also, in fact, different from the actions of the others, and thus, not only are the actions of the “bad” King not good. This was not Hamlet’s goal, though.

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In contrast to the original concept of God’s doing things, the story shows that Hamlet wanted the King to do the right thing in his life.

There are a wealth of other examples of Hamlet’s religious beliefs that seem to make the story more interesting than the original one.

This is where Hamlet is less well known as regards the other two stories he quotes before the event with his role in this story. He can tell an anecdote by taking them in isolation, taking a break from writing, and writing something in his spare time just for that particular moment, rather than actually listening. In fact, this often translates to saying that “here’s how we got here”… “We got here by finding a way.” This is especially true for the later works of the story, where there is a lot of dialogue between Hamlet and his companion, even in their very first meeting.

The main reason that God often asks for these other characters to be taken seriously is because a great many of Hamlet’s other religious beliefs and practices are very similar to those from the original story, which are very common in the West. Although the religious teachings of the original story often look very similar to some of the others, they are often much more in line with later and less common beliefs and practices.

A short synopsis of the story follows.

 Hamlet’s beliefs and practices are much simpler than those of the original story.

The two different stories are presented within this short span of time.

When Hamlet is being interviewed by Claudius in scene 4, he goes to sleep peacefully. When he wakes up later in the evening, he is asked by Claudius to come out to dinner and to come and go with him until his soul is purified, and then to come back.

 The next scene where Hamlet and his companion go to bed