Hamlet
One huge theme in Hamlet is revenge, having this theme in the book it made me think that Revenge can and will make a sane man mad. For example at the start of the play young hamlet jr learns that his fathers death was no accident. Hamlet is told his own uncle had killed his brother to inherit the throne and get in with hamlets mom, the queen. This is told to him by his dads spirit making him swear to avenge his death, but not get the queen involved, Hamlet being a reasonable person doesn’t quit trust this ghost, thinking this story might be trickery by a demon and does some investigating. He finds out the story is true and yet he still doesn’t go and kill Claudius he over thinks it. Hamlet decides to put on an antic disposition and go with the looney act for a while. The whole idea of killing his uncle takes over his mind and can only think of trying to kill him. He becomes truly insane and end up killing Polonius the dad of his lover Ophelia this being a mistake. This then made Ophelia crazy and she unfortunately drown her self. Then the brother of Ophelia, Laretes comes to avenge his fathers and sisters deaths. He dies in the process of trying to kill hamlet by his own poisoning the sword he used to kill hamlet.
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ReplyDeleteThat is a strong argument
ReplyDeleteActually, Nikki, this post doesn't really contain an argument. You've got a good topic in "revenge", but what do you want to say about it? More to the point, what do you think that Shakespeare is saying about revenge throughout the play? Is it a good and proper approach to life (should all sons revenge their fathers' murders?), or is it something that both drives us insane and causes our own downfall. I think you need to spend some time considering just what it is you want to argue that Shakespeare is saying about revenge--then, once you've decided, use some of the key scenes you mention here (and others you don't mention) to prove your argument to your reader.
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