Hamlet
In the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, the cause of Hamlet's "Rash and bloody deed"(III:iv) is primarily because Hamlet is thrown into an uncompromising situation. As Prince of Denmark he is put in a position, in which he must deal with the betrayal and murder of this father by his own family members. In order to determine Hamlets' state of mind we can look at a few hints of his behavior throughout the play. We can view how from beginning to end, his rational/irrational thoughts begin and end, and look at how the ghost and Hamlets' mother's complexity affect him in the prayer/closet scene. Eventually, the characters of Shakespeare's play become victims of an unwholesome situation- their own creation. Hamlet is much closer to his mother than is to Claudius. Therefore Hamlet feels more emotion when dealing with her, "Come, come and sit you down. You shall not budge. You go not till I set you up a glass where you may see the inmost part of you"(III:iv). Hamlet's anger stems from his mothers hasty remarriage to his uncle and her incestuous acts. It's this emotion/anger that drives out Hamlet's deep suppressed feelings of anger, "But to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, stewed in corruption, honeying and making love o
Even if he is not put to death and is pardoned from committing the crime, he is still locked up for life. From this point on Hamlet begins to wear a "mask of madness" using insanity as scapegoat to insure that even if he caught he will not be put to death. This choice is the more noble one according to Hamlet, "To die, to sleep- To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come", "Thus conscience makes a coward of us all"(III:i). Hamlet's solution is that the nobler choice would be to take up arms against his troubles, and by doing so he risks immanent death. Yet towards the end his thoughts appear to move away from the rational. This request by the ghost puts Hamlet in an hardnosed situation. Hamlet displays the emotional complexity of the tragic fault here. Yet another hint into Hamlet's madness appears in Act III:ii, by which he already stages a play and by doing so, will let him know the truth of his Father's murderer and at the same time allow Claudius to see his plan. This mask falls into one of many double binds that Hamlet must face. By heaven I'll make a ghost of him that lets me, I say, away"(I:iv). Hamlet wishes to damn Claudius' soul. For he must revenge his father's death, knowing that it will certainly lead to his downfall.
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