Hamlet Argumentative Essay

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Hamlet is victorious because he did what his father wanted him to do, and that was to kill Claudius. On the other hand, he was also told not to kill or hurt the queen but she dies at the end because of Claudia's poisoning the drink that was meant for Hamlet.
Before all of this happened Hamlet was spoken to by his father telling him that he wants Hamlet to get revenge on his killer; Claudia’s. As Hamlet was trying to get Claudia’s to confess to the murder he needed to do something crazy. Hamlet then sets up a play of the way the murder happened to see how he reacts. As suspected he reacted the way he wanted. So after that Hamlet started plotting many ways to kill “The King”.
As time went on Hamlet had everyone thinking he was insane,
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Claudia’s then starts to makes a toast to them and the winner at the end. He then puts a pearl into the drink for Hamlet. A few moments; later the queen drinks the poisoned drink instead of Hamlet and later out finds out it’s poisoned.Soon after Hamlet was stabbed by the tip of Laertes sword which was covered in poison. Hamlet then cuts the chandler and traps Claudia's and forces him to drink and stabbed him with double the poison. Although the queen and Polonius, and Ophelia died throughout the process, Hamlet did kill Claudia’s; as what his father wanted.Hamlet is victorious because he kills Claudia’s and got the revenge for his father.
Hamlet was victorious because he fulfilled his goal of killing Claudius.Although he was told not to hurt or kill the queen, he did try to keep her safe. Even though Claudius did poison her and not Hamlet shows Hamlet tried to keep her safe. This is all important because some people may say he’s insane; some may say he’s a killer. Little do they know that he was told by his dead father to get revenge on his killer and to not hurt his mother because she had nothing to do with

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