hamlet is a play about love
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
Gertrude loved her son but she either loved the crown or Claudius more than her son, as she was unwilling to accept the awful truth presented to her by Hamlet blaming it instead on his "madness'. So if he did kill Claudius when his mother still loved Cladius then she probably wouldn't love him anymore. On numerous occasions in the play Hamlet calls on Horatio for guidance. This shows that Hamlet didn't want to speak his mind to his mother because he knew it would upset her. The relationship between Claudius and Gertrude is seen as either and lustful relationship or a sham which would provide a way for both Gertrude and Claudius to hold and take power. Hamlet was only angry at his mother but he still loved her. Shakespeare has portrayed Hamlet's relationship with Ophelia in such a way that the reader is left doubting whether there was truly love between the two. Love of materialistic value and power is also present in the play, referring to Claudius' love of the throne. Ophelia in turn respected her father so much she agreed to give up seeing the man she loved when her father ordered her to. This would have been improper to say to a normal woman but to the Queen it would have been extremely offensive. Gertrude's love was extremely important to Hamlet and the fact Gertrude supposedly loved Claudius may have been a factor in which Hamlet procrastinated in avenging his father's murder. Horatio remained loyal to Hamlet even when other close friends of Hamlet betrayed Hamlet in order to win the favor of the new king. The quick marriage of Claudius and Gertrude is something in which Hamlet is furious at.
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