Hamlet, the protagonist of Shakespeare 's legendary play, shows the audience the rise and fall of Hamlet, who seeks to avenge his fathers death, only to hasten his own. In his plight, he struggles with a progressive anger that corrupts his mind,but what is it that drives a grieving ex-prince to seek out retribution? What is it that causes a young man to take up arms against people he once loved? These are just some of the questions that have made Hamlet such an interesting character, and ones worth further inspection.
To begin, Hamlet has a unique relationship with the daughter of Polonius; the new king 's right hand man. This young maiden goes by the name of Ophelia. Her relationship with Hamlet is quite peculiar and can be used as evidence in the quest of proving Hamlet 's madness. While their relationship was Mostly argument I 've and abusive, Ophelia couldn 't make choices on her own. She was used like a puppet by Polonius, …show more content…
For example, he dispatches his two childhood friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to be put to death in England.He thinks this is acceptable because they had been watching him and making sure he gets executed.But, in reality, they had to do it.Were they going to tell their new king no and face the repercussions of that decision? No, hamlet fails to realize this because his vision is blurred by the haze of rage.Also, due to Polonius dying,Ophelia loses herself and ends up taking her life in the form drowning.That is four lives lost due to Hamlet. He doesn 't even take this into account and realize his actions.Then there is Laertes, who duels Hamlet and dies by his own poisoned blade.While this is less indirect and Hamlet dies along with him, it still brings his
To begin, Hamlet has a unique relationship with the daughter of Polonius; the new king 's right hand man. This young maiden goes by the name of Ophelia. Her relationship with Hamlet is quite peculiar and can be used as evidence in the quest of proving Hamlet 's madness. While their relationship was Mostly argument I 've and abusive, Ophelia couldn 't make choices on her own. She was used like a puppet by Polonius, …show more content…
For example, he dispatches his two childhood friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to be put to death in England.He thinks this is acceptable because they had been watching him and making sure he gets executed.But, in reality, they had to do it.Were they going to tell their new king no and face the repercussions of that decision? No, hamlet fails to realize this because his vision is blurred by the haze of rage.Also, due to Polonius dying,Ophelia loses herself and ends up taking her life in the form drowning.That is four lives lost due to Hamlet. He doesn 't even take this into account and realize his actions.Then there is Laertes, who duels Hamlet and dies by his own poisoned blade.While this is less indirect and Hamlet dies along with him, it still brings his