Hamlet
Is Hamlet’s Revenge Justified?
I believe that Hamlet’s revenge is not justified because according the bible revenge is gods will. Two wrongs do not make a right therefore what Hamlet does throughout the play cannot be justified. Revenge is wrong, so is murder, therefore Hamlet should not avenge his father’s death to what a “spirit” tells him.
Furthermore the ghost says to Hamlet “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1, 5, 25) means that Hamlet has a moral duty to avenge his father’s death from King Claudius, but in contrast how do we know that the ghost is real or not. As I quoted the ghost states that revenge is foul, meaning that it is sinful for a man to follow through with revenge, but Hamlet believes that God has a purpose for everything that will happen as he states “There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow” (5,2,221). Hamlet is a young adult and I would believe knows the difference between right and wrong, but morality stands between him and making the right choice.
Hamlet is put in a state of mind where he starts acting crazy or mad as the play states. This is purposefully done to get into the heads of those who have deceived him. By doing so he thoughts become conflicted with that of death itself. Where he starts suggesting at suicide. Hamlet’s first soliloquy focuses on his thoughts of death, stating “O, that this too solid flesh would melt/ Thaw and resolve itself into dew” (1, 2, 129-130) we see that Hamlet still is not sure whether or not he should take his own life because he is sadden by his fathers death.
Another suggestion towards suicide come to his famous speech “to be or not to be”(3, 1, 56) where Hamlet questions himself on whether or not he should take his own life. He states that no one person should face the horrors of knowing that death is eminent “To grunt and sweat under a weary life, / But that the dread of something after death” (3, 1, 79-80). Meaning that it is not known what is beyond death, and taking ones
I believe that Hamlet’s revenge is not justified because according the bible revenge is gods will. Two wrongs do not make a right therefore what Hamlet does throughout the play cannot be justified. Revenge is wrong, so is murder, therefore Hamlet should not avenge his father’s death to what a “spirit” tells him.
Furthermore the ghost says to Hamlet “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1, 5, 25) means that Hamlet has a moral duty to avenge his father’s death from King Claudius, but in contrast how do we know that the ghost is real or not. As I quoted the ghost states that revenge is foul, meaning that it is sinful for a man to follow through with revenge, but Hamlet believes that God has a purpose for everything that will happen as he states “There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow” (5,2,221). Hamlet is a young adult and I would believe knows the difference between right and wrong, but morality stands between him and making the right choice.
Hamlet is put in a state of mind where he starts acting crazy or mad as the play states. This is purposefully done to get into the heads of those who have deceived him. By doing so he thoughts become conflicted with that of death itself. Where he starts suggesting at suicide. Hamlet’s first soliloquy focuses on his thoughts of death, stating “O, that this too solid flesh would melt/ Thaw and resolve itself into dew” (1, 2, 129-130) we see that Hamlet still is not sure whether or not he should take his own life because he is sadden by his fathers death.
Another suggestion towards suicide come to his famous speech “to be or not to be”(3, 1, 56) where Hamlet questions himself on whether or not he should take his own life. He states that no one person should face the horrors of knowing that death is eminent “To grunt and sweat under a weary life, / But that the dread of something after death” (3, 1, 79-80). Meaning that it is not known what is beyond death, and taking ones