In the play the main character Hamlet returns home after receiving news of his fathers death, and his mother’s rather swift marriage to his Uncle Claudius who has hastily taken the throne in his father’s absence. This is a tragedy in itself but pails in comparison to the events that transpire in the following acts. While at home the ghost of Hamlet’s father app

In conclusion I cannot say which is the most tragic of circumstances which transpire during the play. Whether it be Hamlet finding out the ones he trusted the most were the ones who were plotting his own death, or perhaps Ophelia so distraught at her father’s death and Hamlet’s apparent madness that she took her own life. Maybe it was Laertes being played as a pawn in Claudius’s attempt to silence Hamlet. In any case this play is brimming with an astonishing array of lies, deceit, intrigue, murder and betrayal, you need only choose which of these you feel is the most tragic.

Hamlet, in an attempt to cause Claudius to admit his guilt pretends to have gone mad. However by doing this Hamlet causes great hardship, and agony to Ophelia, who does not know what to make of Hamlet’s inane ramblings. In a further rouse, Hamlet persuades a travelling group of actors to perform a play that resembles his father’s own demise at the hands of Claudius. After seeing the performance Claudius’s reaction convinces Hamlet that he is the guilty party that killed his father. After this Hamlet goes to his mother’s bedroom and proceeds to cast blame on her for what has transpired with the following lines “Mother, you have my father much offended”, “Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue”. Hamlet however is un

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