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Hamlet

In the play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, the tragic hero, young Prince Hamlet is brought to see the ghost of his father. His father commands Prince Hamlet to seek revenge for murder and to protect Denmark from the evil King Claudius. This command must be upheld by Hamlet out his own duty and honor. Hamlet at first believes that Claudius is evil because he does not like the fact of Claudius being his new father. The problem with Hamlet is that he is unable to successfully avenge his father because he dies also. Hamlet is a coward and while taking revenge of his father, he fails to do it without hesitation. Every plan Hamlet dreams up is always flawed and never actually falls through. Hamlet is unable to successfully take revenge for his father's murder because he suffers from melancholy.

Hamlet in the beginning does not like the fact that the new King Claudius is his father. Hamlet exclaims that King Claudius is a very peculiar man in his first line......

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