ing the humanitarian that he is, and taking account of his responsibilities as a
             prince and future king, Hamlet most likely would want to avoid civil war. Even though
             Claudius is a murderer, and probably not as noble a king as Hamlet's father was, he is still
             a king. He brings order to Denmark. Hamlet does not wish to plunge his country into
             chaos. He realizes that this will happen when he kills Claudius. Hamlet is unable to
             combine the spiritual world (in the form of his father's ghost) with the tangible, every-day
             There is much irony throughout this play. One occurrence of irony I found
             particularly striking was the fact that Hamlet effectively maneuvers himself into the same
             position as Claudius. Claudius had attacked and killed a man who did not have the
             opportunity to defend himself, but when Hamlet kills Polonius, is he not guilty of the
             same? It is intriguing that both Claudius and Hamlet have killed fathers. It is interes
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