The repeating pattern of forgiveness is established my Queen Gertrude and Claudius. In the beginning …show more content…
The Ghost reveals to Hamlet that Claudius murdered King Hamlet. Out of obedience, Hamlet agrees to avenge his father’s death. Although Hamlet intends to follow the ghost’s orders, Hamlet gradually becomes strange and grows mad because of it. The primary goal throughout this play is for Hamlet to achieve revenge for his father’s death. However, based on his destructive behavior, this task causes his mental and moral state to wane. First, to Ophelia who he claims that he once loved, he grossly and sexually insults her. Then, to his own mother, he is disrespectful and incoherent at times. Finally, his vexation reaches a high when he unintentionally kills Polonius. His buildup of internally conflicting madness give proof that his pursuits to avenge his father were causing unhealthy behavior and forgiveness would have prevented it