Anger Can Lead To Irrational Decisions In Shakespeare's Hamlet

Throughout the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare the characters throughout out the story show that anger can lead to irrational decisions. Hamlet was the first in the play to be blinded by anger. This happened by knowing the fact That his father was killed by his only uncle which drove him mad. Hamlet later made steps to kill not only his uncle, but even thought about killing himself. Not only does hamlet fight these suicidal thoughts throughout the play, but he grows apart from his mother whom is remarried to his uncle. Hamlet is the first, but not the only character to have their mine taken over by anger. Laertes is also driven to make irrational decisions due to his anger in Shakespeare's Hamlet. This character figures out that he …show more content…
Jumping back to laertes this has been an ongoing mental battle between figuring out if hamlet is a good, meaningful man or if he is just another hooligan trying to get his sister under his grasp. When he leaves the kingdom for a long period of time he comes back to find out that his only sister has killed herself after losing her mind over Hamlet.. This is just the first thing that makes him believe hamlet should be punished. Later just to find out that Hamlet is also responsible for the murder of his father. This is what causes his anger to hit new levels, leading to the end where he decides unlike hamlet to death rather than …show more content…
Malcolm Gladwell the writer of Blink uses the concepts of how the human brain reacts under stressful situations where you are made to think very quickly in little to no time. This is called thin slicing, where you can analyze the situation in front of you or that is presented to you and try to come up with the best solution to the problem ahead. The concept that hamlet Is given the chance to know what really happens to his father from a ghost that seems to be his father. Hamlet finding out this information leads him to grow anger and revenge for his father and to take back his mother he holds so dearly. Chapter 6 of Predictably Irrational talks about how people make irrational choices when they are aroused. Now Hamlet does not make choices based off being aroused but his feelings of anger act almost the same. Hamlet is fueled by anger and resentment which act almost the same. Hamlet doesn't really think over his choices that clearly but ends up acting on a whim. Hamlet runs away from the kingdom with friends in which they end up plotting to kill him but that plan falls