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Theme Of Pride In Hamlet

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Although Hamlet is a fictional protagonist of Shakespeare, his arrogance and pride are real in the human world. The moment where Hamlet confronts Gertrude and murders Polonius (Act 3, scene 4) is the one that best illustrates Hamlet's hamartia of the options that are provided. Hamlet confronts Gertrude about her relationship with Claudius when he enters her room in this scene. He fails to think about the repercussions of his actions as he fiercely vents his wrath and disdain toward her. As two months passed, everyone moved on and got involved in celebrating the marriage of King Claudius, and his mother, Queen Gertrude but he was still stuck on the revenge of his father's death. In Hamlet's case, his Hamartia is making the mistake of Murdering Polonius, the father of beloved Laertes and Ophelia, and led to the …show more content…

Act 3. Scene 4. Lines 91-94) Despite Gertrude’s affection for his father, as can be seen, Hamlet displays disgust in these lines at his mother's repugnant remarriage to his uncle. He views Claudius as being morally and ethically corrupt. He conveys his disgust through powerful imagery. The infamous Shakespeare tragedy reaches a climax when Hamlet stabs Polonius, as he commits the violent act mistaking him to be King Claudius. This is when he gets aware that someone else’s presence is in the room. It also sets the plot of his unavoidable conflict with the king, in the open. His state of mind is confused with range and inability to think clearly about his actions. “Ay, lady, 'twas my word- [ To Polonius.]” (Shakespeare. Act 3. Scene 4. Lines 96-97) His reaction was without any forethought of consequences and stabbed blindly through the curtain killing Polonius on the spot. Hamlet is burdened with negative human traits and the murderous action reflects his arrogance and inability to coordinate his thoughts and

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150-153), whom he holds accountable for his father's murder. Claudius's presence in their lives serves as a constant reminder of this betrayal, escalating Hamlet's feelings of hostility toward his mother. Hamlet's resentment towards Gertrude for marrying Claudius fuels his desire for vengeance and causes him to act impulsively and recklessly, further pushing him towards his inevitable destruction. Ultimately, Hamlet's inability to forgive his mother for marrying Claudius and let go of his hostility, contributes to his tragic fate leading

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It is evident that Hamlet is unaffected by this and feels no remorse for his aberration- instead blaming Polonius for interfering. Thus, his tragic flaw causes him to commit a heinous

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Claudius expresses his thoughts on Hamlet to many people including Gertrude: “His liberty is full of threats to us all” (iv.i.14). Hamlet makes attempts to expose Claudius for murdering his father by putting on a play that mirrors the murder and he shames his mother for marrying Claudius. After seeing the play and hearing of Polonius' murder, Claudius felt even stronger about Hamlet being a threat. In order to prevent Hamlet from convincing everyone Claudius should not be king. He tells the people around him that Hamlet has gone mad and must leave.

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Tragically, this arrogance leads to unintended consequences when he unintentionally kills Polonius, hidden behind a curtain. As Hamlet makes a pass through the arras and kills Polonius, he says, "How now, a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead!" (3.4. 27-28). Hamlet shows no remorse for this act, justifying it as necessary to avenge his father's death.

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Also, Hamlet displays his anguish at the Queen for dishonouring his dead father since “Almost as bad, good mother, as killing a king and marrying his brother” (Shakespeare, pg. 121). In this statement, Hamlet expresses how, through the marriage to her husband’s murderer, Gertrude is a symbol of dishonor and damaging her relationship with the prince. Hamlet is disgusted by Gertrude’s actions and recognizes her not as his mother but the queen and wife of Claudius, the murderer. The respect revered by children to their mother is not evident between Hamlet and Gertrude. In Gertrude’s death scene, Hamlet screams to his mother “Wretched Queen, adieu!”

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Polonius fuels Hamlet’s paranoia by pitting his friends against him through deception to make them garner information on Hamlet’s woes in his

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Hamlet wished to punish Gertrude but was prevented by his father’s ghost. In Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 3 scene 2, Hamlet will “speak daggers to her but use none” representing his future interactions with Gertrude. Shakespeare uses this metaphor to show Hamlet’s hatred towards his mother and to create tension. In Act 3 Scene 4, Hamlet reveals Claudius’ involvement in his father’s death to his mother, but she thinks Hamlet has turned into a madman. At this

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This shows how instinctive he is because he doesn't even check to see who it is behind the curtain. Resulting in him stabbing Polonius rashly. Even though this murder was more of an accident Hamlet did not show any real type of sympathy towards the situation. Hamlet owned up to what had happened with little to no shame. All his anger and hostility came rushing out and he couldn't control himself.

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A huge mistake and momentous turning point caused by Hamlet is when he accidentally kills Polonius with the thought that he was actually stabbing Claudius. Not only does this alert Hamlet’s mother and Claudius that he is bloodthirsty, but it also enrages Laertes, Polonius’ son, and sends Ophelia, Polonius’ daughter, directly into depression. “Is it the king?” (Act III Scene IV) clearly tells his mother his lethal blows weren’t meant for Polonius, but for Claudius. Ophelia takes a plummet into delusional thinking and crazed actions.

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The most captivating part of this scene was when Hamlet, accidently killed Polonius. It happened so fast that I do not believe Hamlet could have stopped it if he wanted to, puls the fact that Polonius was hidding behind a curtain in the Queen’s room, Hamlet could have though that he was an intruder, and in self defense killed the old man, or maybe not, because clearly after he stabbed Polonius unknowingly, he wished that it was king Clauding, there showing that Hamlet was in a mood of violence, and might have killed someone eventually. Also the fact that he apologized to the dead body, after he found out that it was Polonius showed that he felt guilty, and obviously that he did not want to kill him. He was so angry that his actions were faster

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