Growing up as the Prince of Denmark, young Hamlet is a well mannered, highly educated young man on the path to becoming king. His character before his father’s death must be assumed because we do not see him prior to the tragedy. Right offhand, we see that Hamlet is intelligent through his eloquent speech and candor. Although sad and slightly depressi

ng, the way Hamlet speaks reveals his level of intelligence. For example, when he is conversing with his mother and Claudius he states “So excellent a king, that was to this, Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven.”(Act 1, Scene 2, lines 139-141) Hamlet is also very sensitive and emotional. He feels his father’s death very deeply and his hurt is only amplified by the quick remarriage of his mother to his uncle. Bitterness is evident in regards to his mother’s haste wedding when he states, “The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.”(Act 1, Scene 2, 180-181) When Horatio tells Hamlet about the ghost of his father, and Hamlet learns the truth of his father’s wrongful death, he immediately becomes vengeful: “O villain, villain, smiling damned villain! My tables-meet it is, I set it down that one may smile, and smile, and be a villain. At least I am sure it may be so in Denmark. So uncle, there you are, now to my word, “Adieu, adieu, remember me” I have sworn’t.” (Act 1, Scene 5, lines 106-112) Hamlet makes it obvious from the discovery of treachery that he has intentions of revenging his father’s death. He does not block himself into a time frame, he simply states that the deed will be done and his uncle will suffer.

Some critics of Hamlet would argue that he does not have the heart or guts to kill. Hamlet’s actions regarding Polonius totally and completely rebut this argument. Hamlet’s murder of Polonius is accidental because he thinks that it is Claudius, spying on the conve

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