Seeking Revenge In Hamlet Research Paper

To me revenge is getting back at someone for harm or wrongs done by them to you. I have two different views on revenge; one being it is completely justified and the other being that you can leave it in the hands of karma. In the play Hamlet, he seeks revenge on his uncle (Claudius) due to the fact that his uncle had poisoned his father and then married his mother. In the text Blocking the transmission of violence Martins revenge was justified due to the fact that his nephew’s life was wrongfully taken. I feel as if Hamlets and Martins revenge were completely justified because when it comes to family it is human nature to seek revenge on those who have harmed you or the ones you love (such as your family), hamlet and martin both felt as if seeking revenge would help their loved ones be laid to rest, and lastly they both had a sense of “if I don’t do this for them, who will”? Seeking revenge is human nature, especially when it comes to those who are very family oriented. For example, in the text blocking the transmission of violence, Martin seeks revenge on the rival gang members who had
Interrupters jobs are to try to stop the violent outbreaks before they even start boiling, most of the interrupters tend to stick to gang related crimes and revenge seeking crimes on those of the gang members who have taken a loved one’s life. In Hamlet, there were no interrupters because no one knew what was actually going on. Claudius was a saint, Hamlet was crazy, and Ophelia was naïve; when in all reality everyone else was just unaware of the situation. In the text blocking the transmission of violence, martin had gotten ahold of some of his family and friends about seeking revenge for his nephew in Chicago so people were aware of what was going on. Hence, they could interfere and show Martin there are other ways to lay his nephew to rest, better