Hamlet: Revenge Or Scruples?
Hamlet: Revenge or Scruples?
Andrew Brian
"'Vengeance is mine,' sayith the Lord". What does this mean? I believe
what the Christians meant it to mean is that we, as humans, have no right to
seek revenge, that only "the Lord" has the right to decide when to take revenge.
We say this, but do we follow it? No, I think not. We all try to take revenge
into our own hands, in one form or another.
Revenge is one strong theme that holds throughout "Hamlet". We see
Prince Hamlet try to execute a kind of private vengeance, an eye for an eye,
which is completely opposite of the Christian teachings. Hamlet is a man who
believes in heaven and hell and who feels that a man who challenges divine
ordinance will ultimately face judgment. We might look at the ghost of the late
king Hamlet as the part of us that wants to take vengeance into our own minds.
Like the little voice in our heads that tells us to do something, when in our
hearts we know it is wrong.
When Horatio, Barnardo, and......
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