Hamlet

“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare is a play that we are all commonly familiar with. This novel is also based upon the idea of revenge. Hamlet’s father has been killed and his mother has married Claudius, the new king of Denmark. One night Hamlet’s father’s spirit comes to him and tells him that he has been murdered in the most treacherous of ways by his brother, Claudius. Hamlet’s father tells his son to seek revenge so that his spirit can roam freely. Hamlet does precisely this, he begins to seek revenge. Hamlet causes the death of Ophelia his love, his mother and Polonius as well as two other innocent men. Finally the ending is a tragic one because Hamlet also dies.

This play though not written in our time has deep meaning. The play as well as the movie try’s to show us that revenge only causes more pain. We can never be at peace after we have been hurt even if we hurt those who hurt us in the first place. Revenge is a human characteristic that we all have in common but we should all strive to empower this horrible characteristic. Revenge does us no good it only hurts us.