FREE ESSAY ON HAMLET

HAMLET

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare Two of the character's fathers are brutishly
murdered. The first murdered character is King Hamlet who is supposed to be revenge by
his son prince Hamlet. The second murder is Polonius who is supposed to be revenged by
his son Laertes. Both Prince Hamlet and Laertes go to seek revenge for the death of
fathers, however they will each use different methods to accomplish their deeds. Prince
Hamlet has a meeting with the dead ghost of his father King Hamlet. King Hamlet's ghost
reveals to his son, his murder by his brother Claudius. Hamlet is informed by his father
that he needs to be avenged by the death of his brother Claudius. By this time Claudius
has already ascended the throne, and married Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude. Hamlet
decides to take a passive approach to avenge his father. Hamlet first decides to act
abnormal which does not accomplish much besides warning his uncle that he might know he
killed his father. Later in the play a troop of actors come to act out a play, and Hamlet
has them reenact the murder of is father in front of his uncle Claudius. The actors
murder scene also make Hamlet question himself about the fact that he has done nothing
yet to avenge his father. Hamlet says  But am I Pigeon-livered and lack gall / To make
oppression bitter, or ere this / I should ha' fatted all the region kites / With this
slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! ( Act II scene 2 page 84 line 577- 580 ). During
the play Hamlet watches is uncle Claudius to see his reaction when the actors perform the
murder scene. Hamlet plan works his uncle throws a fit and runs out the room, where
Hamlet goes after him. When Hamlet catches up to his uncle his uncle is kneeling down
praying, and Hamlet pulls out his sword and gets ready to kill him. But all the sudden
Hamlet changes his mind because if he kills his uncle while he's praying he will go to
heaven, and Hamlet wants him to go to hell. So hamlet postpones the execution of his
uncle. The next confrontation does not happen till the end of the book when Hamlet
escapes from his uncle's ill murder attempt on his life. Hamlet later sword fences with
Laertes. All the sudden Hamlet's mother Queen Gertrude drinks a poison glass intended for
Hamlet. When Hamlet is not looking Laertes stabs him with a poison sword then Hamlet
takes hold of the poisoned sword, and stabs Laertes with it. As this happens Queen
Gertrude dies from the poison drink. As Laertes lays down dying he reveals to Hamlet that
his uncle King Claudius was behind it all, the poisoned sword and drink that has just
killed his mother. Hamlet then in a fit of rage runs his uncle through with the poison
sword. Hamlet has now finally revenged his father through much time then after his task
is completed he finally collapses from the poison on the sword. Polonius is murdered by
Hamlet when Polonius his discovered listening to Hamlet, and his mother's Queen Gertrude
conversation . Hamlet unknowing of who the person behind the tapestry is, kills Polonius
from where he was spying. When news of his fathers death reaches Polonius's son Laertes,
he comes back with an entourage to seek revenge for his fathers death. In this
conversation Laertes believes Hamlets uncle King Claudius is responsible for his fathers
death.  How came he dead? I'll not be juggled with. / To hell, allegiance! Vows, to the
blackest devil! / Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! / I dare damnation. To
this point I stand, / That both the worlds I give to negligence, / Let come what comes,
only I'll be revenged / Most thoroughly for my father. ( Act IV scene 5 page 134 line
133-139 ) Laertes takes a more aggressive stand point than Hamlet Laertes is ready to
kill the king right away thinking that he murdered his father. But king Claudius tells
Laertes that Hamlet is the one who killed his father. King Claudius also finds out that
Hamlet has escape the trap that he setup to get him murdered. So King Claudius sets up
another plan with Laertes. This plan calls for Hamlet and Laertes to have a mock sword
fight, but Laertes will be using a real poisoned sword. Laertes agrees with this, ready
to claim Hamlets life for his father's vile murder. When the sword fight begins Hamlet is
winning, but Laertes gets frustrated and stabs Hamlet when he is not looking with the
poisoned sword. After Laertes stabs Hamlet, Hamlet then turns around and manages to take
the sword from Laertes and stabs Laertes with it. Although Laertes dies first he
accomplishes his purpose because Hamlet will die shortly from the poison on the sword. In
this play Hamlet by William Shakespeare these two characters Hamlet and Laertes both seek
to revenged their slayed fathers. Hamlet with is passive and scheming approach manages to
kill his father's murder his uncle Claudius. Laertes with his direct, and forceful
dedication slays his fathers killer Prince Hamlet. Altough Laertes took a much more
direct approach than Hamlet wasting no time, they both however accomplished their goal
but at the ultimate price of both their lives!