In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, young Hamlet the son of king Hamlet is left without his beloved father. Hamlet’s mother remarries and makes Claudius (Hamlet’s uncle) king of Denmark, leaving the heir Hamlet in the dark. Hamlet finds out about the truth of his fathers death and plots his masterful revenge of Claudius, who killed his father. In the aftermath of his father’s death Hamlet begins to question life, he begins to think life is meaningless. Hamlet begins to get demented with the fact that Claudius killed his father. At first Hamlet is depressed and views life as inconsequential; he then changes his view slightly, as he lives to kill Claudius and avenge his father; Hamlet has a problem and the problem is that he does
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This is the reason he cannot make any decisions, he overthinks everything. Hamlet is a confused character he is an actor, a play writer, a student and the Prince of Denmark who is seeking revenge. Hamlet sees this problem in him and says, “Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, and can say nothing- no, not for a king.(II.ii 550-553). Hamlet says this after watching the players deliver a passionate scene. The word “muddy-mettled” means dull spirited, it points out that Hamlet is frustrated at himself. Hamlet is acting like a confused dull spirited dreamer, who is guilty. When someone is not pregnant, they will not have a child, Hamlet has made no progress with his cause so he is “unpregnant for his cause”. Hamlet is not producing results for his cause. He cannot do anything for his father, just because he lacks passion and overthinks everything. Hamlet’s attitude towards his problem is one of mending it. While talking to Claudius after killing Polonius Hamlet says, “In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.” (IV.iii 33-36). Hamlet has killed Polonius, he was spying on Hamlet. So Hamlet made a decision and acted upon it by killing Polonius. In this quote …show more content…
He believes that there is no meaning to life and that life has vile effects on men. Hamlet considers killing himself, but ultimately decides that it is more noble to suffer through life. Hamlet finds a reason to live: to kill Claudius, the man who killed his father. Hamlet however is unable to kill Claudius, as he overthinks and procrastinates it. This leads Hamlet to a disgust with himself, his lack of zeal leads him to self-loathing. However this changes for Hamlet as he resolves his problem by killing Polonius first then avenging his father by killing Claudius. In process Hamlet is killed but his task was complete, his one reason to live was attained. Hamlet in all is a true tragic hero, who is admired in modern
This is the reason he cannot make any decisions, he overthinks everything. Hamlet is a confused character he is an actor, a play writer, a student and the Prince of Denmark who is seeking revenge. Hamlet sees this problem in him and says, “Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, and can say nothing- no, not for a king.(II.ii 550-553). Hamlet says this after watching the players deliver a passionate scene. The word “muddy-mettled” means dull spirited, it points out that Hamlet is frustrated at himself. Hamlet is acting like a confused dull spirited dreamer, who is guilty. When someone is not pregnant, they will not have a child, Hamlet has made no progress with his cause so he is “unpregnant for his cause”. Hamlet is not producing results for his cause. He cannot do anything for his father, just because he lacks passion and overthinks everything. Hamlet’s attitude towards his problem is one of mending it. While talking to Claudius after killing Polonius Hamlet says, “In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.” (IV.iii 33-36). Hamlet has killed Polonius, he was spying on Hamlet. So Hamlet made a decision and acted upon it by killing Polonius. In this quote …show more content…
He believes that there is no meaning to life and that life has vile effects on men. Hamlet considers killing himself, but ultimately decides that it is more noble to suffer through life. Hamlet finds a reason to live: to kill Claudius, the man who killed his father. Hamlet however is unable to kill Claudius, as he overthinks and procrastinates it. This leads Hamlet to a disgust with himself, his lack of zeal leads him to self-loathing. However this changes for Hamlet as he resolves his problem by killing Polonius first then avenging his father by killing Claudius. In process Hamlet is killed but his task was complete, his one reason to live was attained. Hamlet in all is a true tragic hero, who is admired in modern