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The story of Hamlet comes from a long line of revenge tragedies in which a character attempts to avenge the murder of a family member. Just as revenge is present in literature, it is also present in today's society. It is always there, lurking in the darkness of the human mind, watching, waiting for an opportunity to lash out at the surrounding world. Shakespeare suggests in Hamlet that revenge is a debilitating force, and the pursuit of it can infect the most noble of all souls. Once tainted by this infectious disease, no weak minded individual can be cured of it. Revenge is an unavoidable power moving the mind closer towards destruction. In order for revenge to truly corrupt Hamlet, he had to be an innocent and noble character from the onset of the play. Without this innocence and respected status, Hamlet would have nothing to lose, revenge would have no affect on him because the evil would already exist. There has to be a shift from good to evil in order for Hamlet to be a tragedy, and it is the darkness of revenge that provides this shift. It is from Ophelia that a reader gets their description of Hamlet's character before it was corrupted. She reveals everything about Hamlet that would make h
The destructive force that revenge possesses comes from its consummation. Once an individual stands in the light of revenge, there is no turning back; revenge is unavoidable. It is impossible to commit a crime or ponder the thought and not be affected by it in some way. Hamlet can try and justify his cause with the belief, "An eye for an eye," but it is no use. Murdering his uncle is not his decision nor his duty. There is no such thing as an appropriate sin, or "sinning elegantly". All sins are immoral no matter what the intention. Hamlet is too intent on the damning of Claudius' soul. "Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven, and that his sould may be as damn'd and black as hell, whereto it goes" (Shakespeare III.iii. 93-95). Just because Hamlet's father was murdered does not mean that he has the right to murder Claudius, much less damn him in the process. It is Hamlet's decision to damn Claudius, that exposes the ultimate degredation and destruction that revenge has brought upon Hamlet's soul. Hamlet warns that revenge is a force not meant to be tampered with. The struggle to achieve revenge, will not relieve a person of pain, it will only cause more. In writing Hamlet, Shakespeare demonstrates that revenge is not the answer, and that it in the end solves nothing. By doing this, Shakespeare leaves the audience wit
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