Sweet Revenge (Paper On Revenge In Hamlet)
Sweet Revenge
Revenge is a natural instinct in the human mind. Humans want to get back at people that have done them wrong and most of the time this is done quickly and rashly, without actually doing much harm. Revenge cannot be something done on an impulse. It needs to be planned in order to be successful. In William Shakespeare's revenge play Hamlet, Hamlet delays his revenge because he wants to be able to absolutely prove Claudius's guilt in killing the King.
The first point in the play were the reader sees Hamlet delay his revenge is the scene in which Hamlet meets his father's ghost who tells him of Claudius's involvement in his death. During the conversation between the two, Hamlet appears very determined to revenge his father's death. "Haste me to know‘t, that I, with wings…may sweep to my revenge." (I, v, 34-35) This seems as though it would be the normal response for a father and son relationship, so why does Hamlet not run to Claudius and kill him after......
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