Hamlet God's Hand At Work
William Shakespeare's Hamlet confronts many metaphysical issues through out the novel. It was written in 1604 during the English Renaissance. After King Hamlet suspicious death, his brother, King Claudius took over the thrown of Denmark. Queen Gertrude, Prince Hamlet's mother and the late King Hamlet's wife, married Claudius and now shares his bed. During the novel Hamlet's behavior becomes very erratic and many people believe he has become insane. When his lover, Aphelia commits suicide, Laertes, Ophelia's brother, blames Hamlet and both Laertes and Claudius conspire to take Hamlet out of the picture. The novel focuses on the theme if there is a all powerful being out there ruling over our lives or is it just coincidence that the events of our lives occur. Although it may seem like many of the events in Hamlet occur out of coincidence, it is just only God will and ultimate plan he set up for us, taking its course. In the novel Hamlet God is referred as the all mighty powerful being, who watches over everything and controls each and everyone's destinies. When Ophelia comes enters the room when Claudius and Laertes are speaking among each other. She speaks of death and sorrow insanely. After she leaves Laertes spea
ks to God asking him "Do you this, O God?" (Ham 4.5.225) He is asking God if he knows what is happening to Ophelia and wonders if God letting this occur for some reason or if he doesn't care about it. Laertes is concerned that God is not taking Ophelia's condition seriously and trying to get him to notice what is happening to Aphelia and change her condition for the better. Laertes see God as the only one who is in control and above everyone else, controlling our lives. There is a strong belief in the novel that there is an all power being controlling the universe and the faith of the characters. Hamlet see this when he is talking to himself after the actors leave and so does Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. He speaks of what is becoming of him and how his destiny "Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell" (Ham. 2.2.613) is to kill Claudius for his fathers death. He mentions how the powers of heaven and hell, God and the demons or devil, wished him to take this course of action against Claudius. And by doing so Hamlet has fulfilled part of his destiny, that God sets up for him. This also occurs with the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. When they tired to deliver Hamlet to England with a letter telling the King to kill Hamlet but because of the "...divinity that shapes our ends" (Ham. 5.2.11) justice is served back unto Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Every
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Approximate Word count = 935
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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