BLIND LITerATURE “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind” (Gandhi). The concept of revenge is omnipresent throughout the sardonic journey of prince Hamlet. It isn’t just something he experiences once, it’s everywhere around him effecting his every decision and motive. Revenge has lot of effects on the characters of the play, for one it removes common sense and withdraws rational decisions from the characters who are seeking out revenge. Similarity revenge has to tendency to almost always create chaos, whether it’s in the form of a pivotal death or murder revenge generates chaos. At same time revenge never truly fulfils its purpose, it never satisfies the reason why it was initially
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We can find Hamlet fall into the depths of evil in his to plot to avenge to the king, such as when he kills Polonius without any hesitation whatsoever, just because his path of revenge has led him astray “how now a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead. {he kills Polonius} by thrusting a rapier through the arras” (3.4.27-29). This act is solely due to him falling in a pit of evil due to the want to seek revenge. Another malicious side effect of revenge found in the play is that of its ability to generate chaos. We see lot of chaos generated through the need or want of revenge, for instance the death of Polonius Claudius etc. However the most prominent example of chaos is near the tail of the text when see Fortinbras marvel at the amount of destruction that occurs in the palace once his army enters.” Take up the bodies, Such a sight as this Becomes the field but here shows much amiss” (5.2.445-499). This is him looking over the deaths of the Queen, Hamlet, King Claudio’s and Laertes, all of these created as a result of the chase for
We can find Hamlet fall into the depths of evil in his to plot to avenge to the king, such as when he kills Polonius without any hesitation whatsoever, just because his path of revenge has led him astray “how now a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead. {he kills Polonius} by thrusting a rapier through the arras” (3.4.27-29). This act is solely due to him falling in a pit of evil due to the want to seek revenge. Another malicious side effect of revenge found in the play is that of its ability to generate chaos. We see lot of chaos generated through the need or want of revenge, for instance the death of Polonius Claudius etc. However the most prominent example of chaos is near the tail of the text when see Fortinbras marvel at the amount of destruction that occurs in the palace once his army enters.” Take up the bodies, Such a sight as this Becomes the field but here shows much amiss” (5.2.445-499). This is him looking over the deaths of the Queen, Hamlet, King Claudio’s and Laertes, all of these created as a result of the chase for