Is Hamlet A Good Father

Throughout Hamlet, a play created by William Shakespeare himself and directed by many other people, some of the characters within it aren't really who they appear to be. For example, Hamlet may seem as if he likes his mother, but really he despises her. Or, how Claudius acts innocent by wanting to help Danemark as their ruler but really he is the one who murdered the king to become the king. Even when it comes to Polonius looking like a good father when really he doesn't even trust in his own children who happen to be adults. These are just some examples in Act I of Hamlet that prove the point. Hamlet appears to still be loyal to his mother even after she married her husband’s murderer. This is because Hamlet tells his mother, “I shall in all my best to obey you madam” (I.ii. 120). However, Hamlet really thinks of his mother a malevolent woman. As he is talking to himself, he says, “O most pernicious woman!” (I.v. 105). Even after the ghost of King Hamlet told Prince Hamlet to not go blame his mother for this--“Leave her to heaven /And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge / To prick and sting her” (I.v. 86-88)--Hamlet still chooses to hate her.
This is mainly because Claudius says, “Or thinking by our late dear brother’s death / Our state to be disjoint and out of frame” (I.ii. 19-21). He talks like he mourns the death of King Hamlet, and how something needs to be done with Denmark's current state. Although it is true that Claudius needs to help Danemark, the problem is that he is the one that killed King Hamlet. The Ghost of King Hamlet says, “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life / Now wears his crown” (I.v. 48-49). The new king, who is sad because King Hamlet died, was the one who killed