The Unbelievable Yet Predictable Tragedy
             Hamlet by William Shakespeare illustrates foreshadowing
             through its characters to keep the reader interested
             throughout the play. An example of foreshadowing is
             Hamlet's depressed state of mind which foreshadows his
             motivation to find out the truth about his father's death.
             A second example of foreshadowing is when Hamlet's father
             comes to him as a ghost and informs him about his murder,
             this causes rage within Hamlet that foreshadows his revenge.
             A third example of foreshadowing is when Hamlet asks the
             players to perform "The Mousetrap" which might prove
             Claudius' involvement in King Hamlet's murder and
             foreshadows Hamlet's revenge. Another example is Hamlet's
             sudden unusual behavior towards Ophelia which foreshadows a
             fatal outcome for the lovers. Finally, the concluding
             example is Laertes' anger and pain towards his father's
             death which foreshadows his revenge towards Hamlet, his
             father's murderer. So these five examples of foreshadowing
             keep the reader interested and eager to continue reading the
             In the beginning of Hamlet there is an immediate
             introduction to Hamlet's grief and gloominess which
             foreshadows his need for revenge. Hamlet's lovely
             personality and pleasantry were gone and he found himself
             dissatisfied of the world around him. His world was falling
             apart in front of him. His father's death was a bitter wound
             in his heart he couldn't be forgotten. King Hamlet was an
             excellent king who loved his wife, Queen Gertrude, deeply.
             But Hamlet couldn't understand how his mother who would
             "hang on [her husband]/as if increase of appetite had grown"
             could forget about him so quickly (1.2.147-148). It seemed
             to Hamlet as if they both loved each other immensely.
             However, before Gertrude's "unrighteous tears/had left th...