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Revenge Theme In Hamlet

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Hamlet’s Revenge In the William Shakespeare’s play “ Hamlet “ the theme of revenge arises. Hamlet is the prince of denmark and is studying in england. Hamlet suddenly knows about his father’s death when he is in england. After Two months from his father’s death, his mother marries his uncle which makes him more disturbed.After that it is seen that Hamlet gets his answer from the ghost who comes to tell the account of his death. The ghost is none other than is father. Hamlet has madness of his revenge. Madness can also mean like be crazy for something. Hamlet’s madness is to revenge. Hamlet , every time thinks of his revenge as we can see in the book. It is clear that Hamlet’s primary motivation was …show more content…

Hamlet says “That (he) the son of (his) dear father murdered,/ Promoted to (his) revenge by heaven and hell...” / . Hamlet says that he wants to send Claudius to hell because he did not give his father a chance for confession which will send his father to hell. That’s why hamlet is showing his revenge because he want Claudius, the same fate as his father. Hamlet says, “...and so he goes to heaven and so am i revenged that would be scanned: A villain kills my father, and for that, I his sole son, do this same villain send Heaven…/ And am i then / revenged / To take him in the purging of his soul,/When he is fit and seasoned for his passage?”/.Hamlet also admits to Ophelia that he is wants revenge by saying in line 135 of Act 3.1.“I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thought to put them in imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in… / So it is proved that Hamlet’s primary motivation is to kill the destroyer of his father’s life, that being his Uncle

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