How Is Hamlet Alike

In the soliloquy Hamlet says, Shakespeare “My father's brother, but no more like my father than I to Hercules, ” (152). This shows the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet is abominable. By the way Hamlet describes Claudius you can tell that Hamlet doesn’t think much of him. Hamlet's personality inherently helps him in his quest to avenge his father's murder. The reason being is because Hamlet is pretty clever and has the right motivation to get what needs to be done, which is to kill Claudius. The way Hamlet talks about Claudius shows what kind of person he is and how much Hamlet despises Claudies. In this shakespeare play you can tell that there are lots of characters Hamlet doesn’t trust or particularly like. The second most noticeable one is Gertrude. The way in which Hamlet describes her or talks, reveals that Hamlet is allegiant towards his father, and would do anything for him. So when Gertrude marries another man, especially her dead husband's brother he sees that as an act of betrayal. “She follow’d my poor father’s body,.. mourn’d longer--married with my uncle”. (151). Therefor this verifies why Hamlet is so aggravated. …show more content…
You learn that Hamlet is outraged because everyone acts like he should just move on because everyone dies eventually. Claudius ends up telling Hamlet that everyone's father dies at some point, and that it's no big deal and death is just the fact of life. In this soliloquy you learn that Hamlet is a sensitive guy and that its hard for him to comprehend how his mom can even move on so quickly. If I put myself in Hamlets shoes I would understand completely why Hamlet would be so disappointed at his mom and angry at Claudius. When all this happened in the play it slowly reveals a new side of Hamlet where you can see that he is sensitive and