Hamlet and the Manipulation of Emotion

             Hamlet feels he is the only one who is truly mourning for his father. He feels great admiration for his father. It seems to hamlet that everyone is moving on too fast; here, we realize that his feelings for his father are greater inside than any feelings shown on the outside. Hamlet is distraught by his loss and, at one point, has a 'river in the eye.' This shows us how deep his emotions are. Shakespeare portrays his emotions well, as we can see a variety of different emotions. We can distinguish his love for his father and also his misery for the loss. Hamlet has a strong hatred towards Claudius for marrying his mother, and although he loves his mother, he can't help but think badly of her for marrying Claudius.
             Although Hamlet is angry and depressed, the thing making him really frustrated is that he must "hold his tongue" and not explain to anyone what he knows because he has no evidence, and these were profoundly religious times. Somebody going around claiming to have seen a ghost would have been thought of as crazy because, according to religion, there was no such thing as a ghost.
             "What a rogue and peasant slave" Hamlet feels low and depressed because he hasn't yet done anything to avenge his father or reveal his uncle's actions. A lot of the time, Hamlet is furious and feels that it is "monstrous that this player here, but in fiction, in a dream or passion, could force his soul so to his own conceit" he's revolted and angry at himself because he cannot illustrate his feelings, even though he is living with them.
             Hamlet may get the idea from Horatio's comments to use a plea of insanity to toil out his plan. The ghost does not alter form but rather remains as the King and speaks to Hamlet rationally. There is the reason for the ghost not to want the guards to know what he tells Hamlet, as the play could not proceed as it does if the guards were to hear what Hamlet did. It is the ghost of Hamlet's father who tells him, "...

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