In Hamlet the play is mainly about the trials and hardship faced by Prince Hamlet in his quest to avenge his father. Hamlet starts out as a mournful young man as he grieves for his father who recently died. When Hamlet finds out that his father was murdered by his brother Claudius he becomes first enraged then pessimistic about the world.
Love is a crucial key in the play Hamlet. The whole plot of revenge is based upon the love Hamlet had for his father and how the love was so strong it made him prepared to do something that was extremely difficult of him to do. Later in the play the love Laertes had for his father and sister drove him to seek revenge for their deaths. Even most of the sub-plots in the play were about love including the conventional love of Hamlet and Ophelia, the friendship ‘love’ between Horatio and Hamlet, the incestuous if not lust filled love between Claudius and Gertrude and the love between family members. All of which make up the essential and important parts of the play.
A known fact is revenge is more often than not driven by love. In this case Hamlet, because of the great love and admiration he had for his father, was compelled to do something he found extremely difficult to do. That is killing
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The relationship between Claudius and Gertrude is one of many things that fuel Hamlet’s anger against Claudius and his mother. The relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia is one of the most important sub-plots of the play which makes it an integral part of the story. Horatio is also there for Hamlet to offer him advice. The quick marriage of Claudius and Gertrude is something in which Hamlet is furious at. The love of a mother to her son is extremely important and Hamlet required it and didn’t want to lose it which can be displayed in the following quote taken from an early part of the play: “But break my heart for I must hold my tongue” (Act 1 scene 2 line 161). Love is what fueled Hamlet’s thirst for revenge, and since revenge is what the play is about, it also fueled the main plot of the play. Since Shakespeare was purposely inconsistent he has made interpreting Hamlet’s complex mind extremely difficult. The relationship of Hamlet and Horatio is well explored in the play and it gives the often crazy play some stability. The love shared between members in this family wasn’t as complicated as Hamlet’s family. It would have been very possible that Claudius managed to seduce Gertrude not would his gifts or looks but rather giving her a way of maintaining her position of queen which she may be afraid of giving up. Hamlet’s devotion towards his father was what led to him to even consider killing Claudius, and despite his delays, in the end he did manage to fulfill his father’s wishes. Hamlet would not even consider taking revenge for someone unless he really loved him or her. In the play when Hamlet was ‘mad’ Gertrude was probably the only person, beside Horatio, who actually was concerned for Hamlet. Shakespeare has left certain things a mystery and have left many other things able to be interpreted differently by different people. On numerous occasions in the play Hamlet calls on Horatio for guidance.
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