How Does Hamlet Change Throughout The Play

The tragic play Hamlet starts with the protagonist Hamlet going to his father’s funeral located in Denmark. When he arrives, he is baffled to find out that his mother has moved on and already married another man, his Uncle Claudius. his immediate response was pure anger and rage. That night, he is visited by a ghost that reveals himself to be his father. The ghost explains in detail that he was poisoned and murdered by the new king, his Uncle Claudius. He then declares that he will stop at nothing until he avenges his father. He does exactly what he promises to the ghost, killing six people in the progress, Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, Claudius, Guildenstern, and Rosencrantz. At the end, Laertes challenges Hamlet to a sword fight to the death

For example, when the Ghost (His father) visits him in Act One: Scene Five, he describes how he was murdered by his Uncle Claudius, with the intention of taking the title of king from him. With sheer ambition to get back at the ones responsible for his father’s murder, he takes the most vicious route in doing so, killing everyone around him in the process. his drive can be displayed as “-thus emerges as far more wicked than other revengers on the English stage, for he stands to accomplish the most fiendish brand of malice.” (Zysk 424). His appreciation for his father also exemplifies his commitment to take revenge on Claudius and to avenge King Hamlet. As the father figure, King Hamlet sets the example of dominance and control that Hamlet has been poised to achieve., giving the added pressure of not letting his father down and keeping the family name strong. The Ghost’s message in the same scene exemplifies the idea of vengeance which could be described “-the kind of tit-for-tat retribution required of the Senecan revenger.” (429). The advice given by his father is paramount for Hamlet, as moves his motivations to a level he had direction in solving. As displayed by Hall, “Arguably the subplot of Hamlet is thematically grafted to the main plot partly through fatherly advice and the contrasting reactions of Hamlet and

In the start of the play, he is presented as an erratic character, finding difficulties in accepting his father’s death as well as accepting his mother marrying his uncle. His stagnation as a person causes a strife within his character development, presented his lack action taken to follow through with revenge at the start. His delay “shows a sense of inadequacy, when he quickly feels overwhelmed by the task imposed by his father's ghost, after first boasting that his revenge would be swift.” (Shaw 93). His words and actions can be translated as bleak. He tends to bear negativity more and more as the play progresses. To further explain “He calls Denmark a prison (II.ii.243) His comments on women to Ophelia are bitter.(III.i.111-51) In the gravedigger scene he dwells on human mortality.” (93) Hamlet also is in a constant fight with him self on what he sees as moral versus immoral. In scene 3, he becomes skeptical of the Ghost’s religious validity, believing “Hamlet delays because of his fear that the Ghost may not be a duly authorized heavenly messenger and that he may therefore be about to commit a mortal sin in an act of private revenge.” (Stabler 212). Once the ghost presents his ultimatum, Hamlet spirals further into depression, lowering his chances of finding peace within himself. All this is important to note because his indecisiveness and emotional distress starts