Instead, he decides to wait until the king is “drunk asleep…or about some act…that has no relish of salvation isn’t” (3.3.88-92). Hamlet wants Claudius to roam through purgatory like his father, not gambol through Heaven. However, the ghost never specifies where his brother must spend the after-life; he simply wants Claudius dead. The extent to which Hamlet carries this filial duty is solely out of personal choice. He eventually takes matters into his own hands—making his own choices and punishing whomever he desire. The fact that Hamlet debates when, and if, he might murder Claudius is enough to prove that seeks revenge out of personal benefit rather than
Instead, he decides to wait until the king is “drunk asleep…or about some act…that has no relish of salvation isn’t” (3.3.88-92). Hamlet wants Claudius to roam through purgatory like his father, not gambol through Heaven. However, the ghost never specifies where his brother must spend the after-life; he simply wants Claudius dead. The extent to which Hamlet carries this filial duty is solely out of personal choice. He eventually takes matters into his own hands—making his own choices and punishing whomever he desire. The fact that Hamlet debates when, and if, he might murder Claudius is enough to prove that seeks revenge out of personal benefit rather than