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How Does Shakespeare Use Anger In Hamlet

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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, some of the characters use anger and revenge to behave irrational. While studying at the college of Wittenberg, Hamlet’s brought the terrible news that his father had been murdered. Hamlet postpones his studies and heads home. When at home a ghost approaches him. This ghost appears to take the form of Hamlet’s father and speaks to Hamlet. The ghost tells Hamlet that Claudius, his uncle, was the one that murdered his father. Hamlet doesn’t know what to do. Anger and the urge for revenge rushes through his body. This doesn’t help the situation with Ophelia and him. Later on they start to talk and Polonius is behind a curtain trying to listen in on their conversation. In conclusion Claudius sends Polonius to spy on …show more content…

Laertes and Hamlet get into an argument and decide to settle it with a sword fight. Laertes fights with a poisoned sword so he can try to kill Hamlet. When the fight starts, the Queen drinks the poisoned wine that was also intended for Hamlet. The two start to fight, Hamlet it stabbed. Laertes is then also stabbed with the poisoned sword. Hamlet out of anger kills the King. This leaves Hamlet, Laertes, the Queen, and the King dead. Hamlet’s irrational behaviors, which are fueled when he is told about his father’s death, can be explained using principles of behavioral …show more content…

You need to physically and emotionally prepare yourself for what’s up ahead. That is what Hamlet didn’t do. When told about his father’s death he completely blocked out all outside sources and focused on revenge. If Hamlet would of sat back and thought about what he was doing, things might of turned out differently. He could of been more sane with his decision making. Ariely also writes, “ Learning how to bridge this gap is essential to making some of the important decisions of our lives(154).” What he’s trying to say here is that getting over that emotional obstacle that holds you back is how you can succeed in life. What Hamlet didn’t do was get past this obstacle, the obstacle being pure anger and the urge for revenge for his father. Kind of the previous connection, if Hamlet would of only saw what he’s doing. It seems Hamlet has trouble seeing what he’s doing and he fate clearly represents

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