Hamlet
A hasty decision may mean that one day everything will come to an abrupt end or on the other hand, a practical decision may ensure happiness and prosperity. In Hamlet, revenge is one of the biggest themes. Throughout the play, Hamlet thinks about how to take revenge, but in the end Hamlet is reactive. When Hamlet first met his father’s ghost, he immediately wanted to believe that all that it was saying was true. Hamlet, at first was not sure if Claudius murdered his father because he was always depressed. His “mouse trap” was short-termed and Hamlet had gained confidence easily. When Laertes and others thought that his madness was because of love, Hamlet even harshly rejected Ophelia, whom he dearly loved. “…you should not have believed me…I loved you not” (3.1.118-120). After he is confident that Claudius did murder his father, he goes to seek revenge and murder him, but he doesn’t do it until after everyone else dies; which may show signs of weakness.
Without even thinking twice, Hamlet killed the King right after the truth came out. In the end, the Queen dies and Laertes admits that the King had poisoned the wine and the sword. Hamlet then finally kills the King with both. Hamlet is now revenged without having to commit arranged murder and is relieved of his painful existence without having to commit suicide. Hamlet died a peaceful and relieved death knowing that he has fulfilled his cause. It may have been that the Ghost never existed and his mental state of depression caused him to believe it did and what the back of Hamlet’s mind told him came to be true. Without caring for his life, he accepted the King’s challenge and caused an abrupt end to everything that mattered in his life. Although Hamlet cared for his mother, he was also upset with her hasty decision to marry his uncle; which is hypocritical in Hamlet’s case. The Queen throughout the play is innocent, like Ophelia, are both caught in the middle of the most important men in their
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