How Is Revenge Justified In Hamlet

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Revenge is justified in the play Hamlet, because it was Hamlets father that died, his mother Gertrude was a victim because she was so lonely and she just needed someone to talk when her husband died and hamlets uncle knew that.And Hamlets uncle was just evil he hurt a lot of people for royalty.

Hamlet was the main Character and his father had died. When he found out his guards had seen the ghost of his father he had to see it for himself. So when he saw the ghost the ghost told him that he didn't die from natural causes his uncle Claudius had killed him, he put poison in his ear while he was asleep that was what caused his death. His father wanted little Hamlet to get revenge and do something evil to his uncle. But fist he had to see that the ghost was not lying so he put together a play called mouse trap to see if his uncle would act weird in the play he was going to re-enact his fathers death when the play started his uncle had to leave so now Hamlet was sure that his uncle killed his father.
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She was just so shallow, she did not think things through very clearly all she wanted was love and affection and her son Hamlet was acting a jerk to her and Claudius was there for her(well not for her but for the money)and she got married to this monster Hamlet was mad he felt that they disrespected his father. But of course hamlets uncle didn't care they even got married the same day that they barred king

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