Hamlet’s memories about his father is childish, because he idealizes his father. In the Act I Scene II, when Hamlet talks to Horatio and other two soldiers, Hamlet thinks his father as a king is “so excellent”, compares his father to “Hyperion”, and as Hamlet states, “He was a man. Take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again” (Shakespeare, 1.2.143-96). Most of the Hamlet’s memories are about his father, the old Hamlet. In Hamlet’s memories, his father is a king, of course. As a king, which is a dominator of a country, must be fair, brave and powerful, but we know it is not always true. We don’t have a king in America now, but we do have a president and government officials to run this country, which we call them politicians.
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In Act I Scene V, after Hamlet talks to his father’s ghost, Hamlet states, “As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on” (Shakespeare, 1.5.191-92). At this point, Hamlet decides to start revenge, and he even want to “put an antic disposition on”. Before Hamlet knows the truth of his father’s death, he was a student who studied abroad, had an implied relationship with Ophelia, and also he was in line to be a king. However, looking at Hamlet now, he is not a student anymore, and cuts off the relationship with Ophelia, and his uncle takes the king from him. Hamlet believes his father is so perfect, in his subconscious mind, he wants to become a person like his father, but now his father is dead due to his uncle, so Hamlet wants to finish whatever his father didn’t finish, including the revenge. Because Hamlet idealizes his father, Hamlet loses self and his original purpose, his father’s death change Hamlet’s primary purpose from being an excellent student to revenge. In order to revenge, Hamlet drops his noble status as a princess, sometimes he even wants to pretend he is some kind of psychotic, Hamlet’s idealization of his father makes him want to be an extension of his father, which drives him to giving up his self and gradually become a tool of his father’s …show more content…
In the same scene, when Hamlet knows that he kills Polonius instead of the King, he claims, “Thou Wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell. I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune. Thou find’st to be too busy is some danger” (Shakespeare, 3.4.38-40). Hamlet calls Polonius a “fool”, and thinks Polonius has been too busy on meddling. Although as the King’s councilor, Polonius’ suspicious about Hamlet is right, Hamlet is doing something that can hurt the king, that’s why Polonius hide behind and try to find out the truth, but Hamlet calls this behavior “too busy”. He just thinks he kills some unimportant “fool” rather than a minister, and Hamlet thinks Polonius deserves to die. Hamlet said these right after he notices that he kills the wrong person, it can be considered as his real thoughts. At this point, he loses his morality, even though his revenge is only about to kill the King, and Polonius has nothing to with murdering his father, but he can’t forget his purpose of becoming an extension of his father and the revenge, he finally ignores and destroys his
In Act I Scene V, after Hamlet talks to his father’s ghost, Hamlet states, “As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on” (Shakespeare, 1.5.191-92). At this point, Hamlet decides to start revenge, and he even want to “put an antic disposition on”. Before Hamlet knows the truth of his father’s death, he was a student who studied abroad, had an implied relationship with Ophelia, and also he was in line to be a king. However, looking at Hamlet now, he is not a student anymore, and cuts off the relationship with Ophelia, and his uncle takes the king from him. Hamlet believes his father is so perfect, in his subconscious mind, he wants to become a person like his father, but now his father is dead due to his uncle, so Hamlet wants to finish whatever his father didn’t finish, including the revenge. Because Hamlet idealizes his father, Hamlet loses self and his original purpose, his father’s death change Hamlet’s primary purpose from being an excellent student to revenge. In order to revenge, Hamlet drops his noble status as a princess, sometimes he even wants to pretend he is some kind of psychotic, Hamlet’s idealization of his father makes him want to be an extension of his father, which drives him to giving up his self and gradually become a tool of his father’s …show more content…
In the same scene, when Hamlet knows that he kills Polonius instead of the King, he claims, “Thou Wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell. I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune. Thou find’st to be too busy is some danger” (Shakespeare, 3.4.38-40). Hamlet calls Polonius a “fool”, and thinks Polonius has been too busy on meddling. Although as the King’s councilor, Polonius’ suspicious about Hamlet is right, Hamlet is doing something that can hurt the king, that’s why Polonius hide behind and try to find out the truth, but Hamlet calls this behavior “too busy”. He just thinks he kills some unimportant “fool” rather than a minister, and Hamlet thinks Polonius deserves to die. Hamlet said these right after he notices that he kills the wrong person, it can be considered as his real thoughts. At this point, he loses his morality, even though his revenge is only about to kill the King, and Polonius has nothing to with murdering his father, but he can’t forget his purpose of becoming an extension of his father and the revenge, he finally ignores and destroys his