Hamlet's Feelings Towards Claudius Essay

Hamlet

Hamlet can simply be described as a man in the grip of insanity as he was ambitious, but couldnt relish what was going on in his prosperous and abnormal family. Who would think that a prince of Denmark could have a hard time when he has everything at his fingertips? Hamlet wasnt an ordinary prince as we come to find out in the beginning of the play as we learn that his father passed away. The unbelievable burden of having to deal with the death of a parent is not all Hamlet had to deal with, also on his mind was his whore of a mother Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, who marries Hamlets own uncle Claudius.

The feelings Hamlet had towards his uncle Claudius has drastically changed since his mother and he became married. Hamlet had nothing, but complete disgust for his whorish mother and uncontrollable hatred for his uncle. Hamlet had a hard enough time dealing with the death of his father now he is in the middle of a dysfunctional family that is about to erupt as Hamlet becomes more upset with the ensuing events.

This was just the beginning for the brewing tension between the noble family as a ghost appears who is reminiscent of Hamlets father. The ghost had valuable information that would push Hamlet to his melting point. The ghost revealed to Hamlet that Claudius was the reason for his fathers death and that Claudius murdered him to take advantage of what he had. But I am pigeon-livered and lack gall To make oppression bitter, or ere this I should have fatted all the region kites With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! O vengeance! Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words And fall a-cursing like a very drab, A scullion! Fie upon 't, foh! About, my brain.Hum, I have heard That guilty creatures sitting at a play Have, by the very cunning of the scene, Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaimed their malefactions. For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle. I'll observe his looks. I'll tent him to the quick. If he do blench, I know my course. (Act 2, Scene 2). This soliloquy shows how much pressure Hamlet is faced with as he decides what he should do with Claudius and how to make his father proud. Hamlet devises a plan to create a play to see if Claudius has a reaction to it that would make him guilty of the murder.

Hamlet now infuriated and obsessed on top of grieving over his fathers death as well as being hell-bent on avenging the legacy of his father. With his anger mounting Hamlet doesnt know if he is ready to take out Claudius or not. Hamlet on the brink of executing Claudius finds a way to back out of it while his mind is becoming more construed with thoughts and hallucinations.

Of thinking too precisely on th' event A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts cowardI do not know Why yet I live to say This thing's to do, Sith I have cause and will and strength and means To do 't. Examples gross as earth exhort me. Witness this army of such mass and charge

Led by a delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed

Makes mouths at the invisible event. (Act 4, Scene 4). This quote from one of Hamlets soliloquies shows that his confidence in himself is very low and he isnt too sure of his own thoughts and his sanity is in question in whether or not he is thinking clearly. Also in the same soliloquy in the last line it seems as though he knows exactly what he wants to do and his words are very strong. My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth! (Act 4, Scene 4). Hamlets words in this last line are the most powerful in the play in my opinion even though it is short the message is very vulgar. With these words you see Hamlet has gone insane and wants the blood of Claudius and is willing to do it no matter what. Hamlet has strong qualities with his intelligence, but his weakness is the other part of his mind that challenges his sanity throughout the play.