Hamlet is a young man with many distinctive characteristics. He is the loving and beloved son of Hamlet, the deceased King of Denmark. He is talented in many ways, as actor, athlete, and scholar. Prince Hamlet draws upon many of his talents as he goes through a remarkable metamorphosis, changing from an average, responsible, young Prince to apparently mad, raging son intent upon avenging his father's untimely death.

In the beginning of Hamlet, the Prince behaves as any normal person would following the death of a loved one. Not only is this a loved one, but an extra special someone; it is his loving father whom he adored. Hamlet is grief stricken, depressed, and even angry that his mother remarried so soon after his father's death. Having witnessed how his father had treated his mother with great love and respect, Hamlet cannot understand how his mother could shorten the grieving period so greatly to marry someone like Uncle Claudius. He is incapable of rationalizing her deeds and he is obsessed by her actions.

Throughout the play Hamlet is in constant conflict with himself. An appearance of a ghost claiming to be his father, "I am t

"Frailty thy name is woman (1.2.145-147)!" exclaimed in a soliloquy, best describes how Hamlet feels about his mother. The literal definition of frailty is weakness; especially moral weakness. It is this moral weakness that Hamlet feels his mother possesses. In a way to compensate for this, Hamlet maintains somewhat of a curious temperament. He is "proud, revengeful, and ambitious (3.1.123-126)". Hamlet also exposes some religious convictions that he has. After committing his first murder, in the presence of his mother, he begs repentance. This notion of knowing right and wrong dismisses any notion of insanity in my view. It is also in act 3 where Hamlet unveils any mystery pertaining to the true nature of Claudius rise to the throne. This conversation causes introspection by Gertrude: "O'Hamlet speak to me no more. Thou turnst my eyes into my very soul, and I see such black and grained spots as will not leave their tinct. (3.4.88-91)." After concluding this conversation the queen promises to keep what she has been told a secret. Ultimately, displaying more of the motherly bond toward her son, rather than the responsibility to her husband: "Be thou assur'd if words be made of breath and breath of life, I have no life to breathe What though has said to me (3.4.198-200)."

In the first act the ghost appears to two soldiers Marcellus, and Barnardo, as well as to Hamlet's friend Horatio, who is a very credible and intelligent person. The same ghost appeared to Hamlet several times through out the play also. These facts eliminate the chance of this ghost being a figment of people's imagination because too many people saw the same thing. In act 1 scene 1 it is revealed that the ghost appeared twice wearing the same armour King Hamlet wore when he fought the ambitious old Fortinbras, King of Norway, and also when he defeated the Poles. Young Fortinbras is determined to get back the land his father lost. This fact brings more in depth evidence to the ghost being real. The reason the guards are there on watch is a direct relationship to an attack from Fortinbras and the ghost is wearing the armour of the event that started this whole thing. When the ghost asks Hamlet to avenge his death, he revea

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