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William Shakespeares Hamlet is a gruesome tale of death and conspiracy, but it is not the grisly displays of violence which are the true focus of the play. ... Within Hamlet, the audience is offered three variations on the nature and mindset of revenge; Hamlet, Fortinbras and Laertes all illustrate differing reactions to grief, loss, and vengeance, with diverse results achieved by each of them.
Hamlet initially plots his vindication gleefully, removing himself from the drama of the court and setting into motion the mechanism which will confirm the guilt of Claudius. As his elaborate schemes begin to come to fruition, though, Hamlet experiences a change of heart, reconsidering first his lack of mourning at his fathers death and then the very righteousness of his actions. Hamlets motivation for revenge is the most personal, but also the most conflicted; he has both a personal thirst for the blood of Claudius and a command from the ghost of his father. These two competing motivations come to a head as Hamlet fails to kill Claudius while he is praying; “Am I then revenged,” he wonders, “To take him in the purging of his soul / When he is fit and seasoned for his passage?
Approximate Word count = 911
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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