Hamlet2
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 nobility of Hamlet was corrupted by the power of revenge. Hamlet , although saddened by his father's death and the marriage of Claudius and Gertrude, was not consumed by it. These were in no way the sources of his diseased soul, rather it was the desire for murderous revenge that slowly turned his heart black. The deterioration of his righteous mind began when he first learned of his father's foul murder and and vows swift revenge. "Hold, hold, my heart; and you, my sinews, grow not instant old, but bear me stiffly up" (Shakespeare I.v.93-94). Hamlet not only vows revenge, but he hands his mind, soul, and everything he holds dear over to it. He is no longer loyal to his father, but to revenge alone. It is at this exact moment that Hamlet and all his actions become truly dark; revenge has begun to consume him. Revenge is negative, but the affects that revenge produces can be far worse. In the case of Hamlet, the results were catastrophic. The first victim was the unsuspecting Polonius. The death of Polonius and young Hamlet's desire for insatiable need for revenge sparked a chain reaction that soon engulfed everything and everyone around the young prince. Hamlet's relentless pursuit not only caused the death of many people, it triggered the downfall of an entire kingdom. Hamlet warns that revenge is a force not meant to b
Some common words found in the essay are:
Consummation Hamlet, Iv93-94 Hamlet, Hamlet Shakespeare, Shakespeare IIIiii, Polonius Hamlet's, Claudius Gertrude, destruction revenge, hamlet noble, revenge unavoidable, noble mind,
Approximate Word count = 903
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
