How Does Hamlet Get Revenge

In the very dramatic predicament Hamlet is placed upon in the play, “Hamlet” by Shakespeare, his quest to avenge his father’s death by his step-father/uncle is utterly justified. With his father being poisoned, the juvenile boy was deeply driven to get to the bottom of his father’s death by any means necessary. With his father deceased, his uncle, Claudius, married his mom, making him Hamlet’s step-father and also the king, which made Hamlet contentious about the whole affair and led him to investigate further. I believe that he had reason to want retribution for his father because he had his wife, and his life taken from him by his own kin. Even if it was by any regular person, if somebody you love and care for is taken from you, any human would want some form of reparation. Hamlet was skeptical about Claudius and he was right and he had every reason to get revenge for his father. …show more content…
There was no police or punishment for these sorts of things like there is today, which makes Hamlet’s choice to get revenge more justifiable because he had no choice but to take matters into his own hands. It can also be thought of as an “eye for an eye” situation; Claudius took the life of Hamlet’s father, someone who he loves and cares about, so he decides to kill him in return. Little did Hamlet know, Claudius was trying to kill him as well because he thought Hamlet was starting to catch on to him and was becoming scared of Hamlet because he was acting “crazy”. “I like him not, nor stands it safe with us to let his madness range” said the king (Shakespeare 163). Luckily, Hamlet reaches his objective and kills Claudius by stabbing him with a poisoned sword, and he avenges his