Conflict is the backbone of a good story or play. It is important because it adds suspense to the story. It makes the reader curious about how the main character is going to solve his problems. Hamlet is a tragic story dealing with Denmark’s royalty. Throughout Hamlet, the reader sees many examples of conflict. From the time Hamlet sees the ghost to when Hamlet takes his last breath, outward and internal conflicts have arisen many times. Hamlet has conflicts with most of the people around him including himself. One of the most obvious conflicts in Hamlet is the conflict between Hamlet and King Claudius. The conflict between Hamlet and King Claudius is internal and external. There is tension in the air whenever Hamlet and King Claudius are in the same scene or room. Early in the book, Hamlet learns that Claudius killed his father. Claudius killed King Hamlet so Claudius could be king, and Claudius’s plan succeeded so Claudius became the king of Denmark. A ghost appears to Hamlet and says, “A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused: …show more content…
Claudius praying in the church makes his murder more obvious because innocent people do not storm out of a play to go pray. Hamlet has an internal conflict on whether to kill Claudius or wait until a later time. He believes that if you kill someone while they are praying, they will go to heaven. So is it really revenge for me if I kill Claudius right when he is confessing his sins, in perfect condition for a trip to heaven? No. Away, sword, and wait for a better moment to kill him. (He puts his sword away) When he’s sleeping off some drunken orgy, or having incestuous sex, or swearing while he gambles, or committing some other act that has no goodness about it—that’s when I’ll trip him up and send him to hell with his heels kicking up at heaven.( Shakespeare act 3, scene 3,