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Comparing Lust For Nothing In Shakespeare's Hamlet And The Current World

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Have you ever had a lust for something that drove you to do undesirable things, things that in your right state of mind you’d never do? Anything that you’d craved for: a car, money or fame. Think hard on it, it may be something as simple as pleasing your parents or passing a math test with flying colors. Many would do anything to be famous, even do some the most outrageous things just to capture the slightest amount of attention. Some people crave something so bad they lose who they are in the midst of trying to reach something; maybe hurting others they care about in the process. The play Hamlet and the current world, both have examples of wanting something so bad, a person will lose themselves in the process and hurt someone they care about. …show more content…

One example, would be Claudius wants to be king of Denmark so bad that he would kill his own brother. Claudius lost himself while becoming someone so evil to commit such a crime to satisfy himself. He was addicted to the thought of him having the power to rule Denmark, and didn’t care if he hurt his family. His actions resulted in a turning of the palace, which led to one revenge after another; then, leaving everyone dead. Everything was peaceful in the palace until Claudius made that detrimental decision. He soon realized what he had done and prayed for forgiveness. Claudius also ruined his relationship with his nephew Hamlet, by killing his father. Hamlet kept to himself about his father’s ghost telling him Claudius poisoned him to kill him. This lead Hamlet to act crazy to come up with a plan to get revenge. Hamlet was “acting crazy” and forgetting who he was to do anything to get revenge on Claudius. Moreover, Hamlet wasn’t insane, he changed and was only focused on Claudius because of his desire to kill him for his father. He also let out such hurtful words to his mother from building up anger that spilled out, when he would never talk to his mother like that before. Hamlet and Claudius both lost themselves in having such a desire to kill, to feel they have accomplished their

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