After succeeding in his rouse and catching the King off guard during the play, he goes to meet his mother. Upon suspecting “a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead” Hamlet stabs the hidden intruder (III, iv, 29). After all his planning, all his work, his id comes into control and tries to seek his goal of killing the King. His lack of control is evident as he jumps into action without proving it is the King first and appears psychotic to be stabbing random eavesdroppers. This instance thus doesn’t pan-out as it is in fact Polonius, not the King who he had slain demonstrating that rash actions of his id have harsh results. It also appears from Gertrude’s perspective that Hamlet is continuing his downward spiral as he murders an innocent Polonius without a valid cause or reason. It turns out the Gertrude is the one person he clings dearly to, and thus tries to appeal
After succeeding in his rouse and catching the King off guard during the play, he goes to meet his mother. Upon suspecting “a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead” Hamlet stabs the hidden intruder (III, iv, 29). After all his planning, all his work, his id comes into control and tries to seek his goal of killing the King. His lack of control is evident as he jumps into action without proving it is the King first and appears psychotic to be stabbing random eavesdroppers. This instance thus doesn’t pan-out as it is in fact Polonius, not the King who he had slain demonstrating that rash actions of his id have harsh results. It also appears from Gertrude’s perspective that Hamlet is continuing his downward spiral as he murders an innocent Polonius without a valid cause or reason. It turns out the Gertrude is the one person he clings dearly to, and thus tries to appeal