William Shakespeare 's “Hamlet” is a standout amongst the most tragic plays ever written . Throughout the play , several different people want revenge on somebody. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, thinks of taking immediate , brutal revenge upon the current king of his country, his uncle, Claudius, who murdered Hamlet’s father, the original king , in order to take the crown and wed the Queen, Gertrude . When trying to avenge his father by slaughtering his uncle, Hamlet unintentionally murders Polonius , the father of one of his closest friends Laertes . In turn, Laertes wants to avenge his father’s demise by murdering Hamlet. Hamlet’s father’s most despised adversary , the king of Norway , was executed by Hamlet’s father in a battle . The king of Norway’s son , prince of Norway , Fortinbras , in this manner wanted revenge on Denmark .
As the play begins, Hamlet is in a distressing period over the demise of his father . The world seems empty to him, since he has just lost one of the most imperative figures in his life . What exacerbates it is that only a few weeks after the loathsome death, Hamlet 's mother, the Queen of Denmark, remarries Hamlet 's uncle . “Thrift Thrift, Horatio . The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables” (Act I, Scene 2), Hamlet declared to his best friend Horatio . The funeral of his father and the wedding of his mother and uncle were so near one another, the leftover food from the funeral was used for the marriage . Hamlet feels