hamlet: revenge leads to death
Humans are strongly influenced by both their beliefs and their emotions, and as such, they adapt easily to character developments. William Shakespeare, in Hamlet, exposes the audience to the inner conflicts of the royal house of Denmark. The most obvious and frequently repeated of these conflicts had to do with revenge. Hamlet's conflict with Claudius had to do with revenge and Laertes' conflict with Hamlet also had to do with revenge. Consequently, the consequences of these conflicts are of death and chaos. Thus, one might conclude that revenge led to death and chaos. Early in the play, the emotional Hamlet was asked by the ghost of his father to exact revenge on his uncle Claudius. Hamlet was instantly vengeful: "Haste me to know 't, that I, . . . May sweep to my revenge" (act 1, scene 5, line 29-31). However, onc
Laertes found out about the misfortunes of his family and was quick to take revenge on Hamlet with the help of Claudius (who, although he did not know about this, had unintentionally sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths in England). He and Claudius devised a plan to kill Hamlet by using poison in a duel. This, ultimately, led to even more deaths and chaos. The first to die from this event was the queen Gertrude. She drank the poisoned wine cup that was meant for Hamlet (act 5 scene 2, line 282-284). She died a painful death. The second to die was Claudius, who was forced to drink the poisoned wine by Hamlet (act 5 scene 2, line 319). The third to die was Laertes who was stabbed by the poisoned sword devised to kill Hamlet (act 5 scene 2, line 324). The last to die was Hamlet, who was cut by Laertes with the
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