Hamlet

             Hamlet is the protagonist of the play, yet at the start, he is not a bossy figure. Hamlet is the son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet, and the nephew of the king Claudius. Hamlet suffers from melancholia; this mental disorder affects his daily life, for example spending time with Ophelia, his mother and his friends. Hamlet is full of hatred for his uncle's scheming and disgust for his mother's sexuality. A reflective and thoughtful young man who has studied at the University of Wittenberg, Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at times spontaneous. When you first meet the character of Prince Hamlet, he is very protective of himself.. Hamlet, taking a passive, if bitter, stance toward the events that have happened to him. Taking the time to the conviction that the ghost is his dead father and that Claudius is guilty of killing old Hamlet, Hamlet does not go straight to take revenge of old king Hamlet's death.
             Hamlet feels a responsibility to avenge his father's death by his uncle Claudius because the ghost appears to Hamlet and tells Hamlet to revenge his murder Ghost- "so art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear."(I.v.7). The Ghost told him to get revenge for that person murder, Ghost - "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (I.v.25). Hamlet did not understand what the Ghost was telling him until he said, Ghost- "I find thee apt; and duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed that rots itself in ease on lethe wharf, wouldst thou not stir in this. Now, hamlet, hear: Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused; but know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father's life now wear his crown."(I.v.31-39), but Claudius is now the king and he is well protected. Hamlet struggles with his doubts about whether he can trust the ghost and whether killing Clau...

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