Hamlet

Hamlet In the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, the cause of Hamlet’s “Rash and bloody deed”(III:iv) is primarily because Hamlet is thrown into an uncompromising situation. As Prince of Denmark he is put in a position, in which he must deal with the betrayal and murder of this father by his own family members. In order to determine Hamlets’ state of mind we can look at a few hints of his behavior throughout the play. We can view how from beginning to end, his rational/irrational thoughts begin and end, and look at how the ghost and Hamlets’ mother’s complexity affect him in the prayer/closet scene. Eventually, the characters of Shakespeare’s play become victims of an unwholesome situation- their own creation. Hamlet is much closer to his mother than is to Claudius. Therefore Hamlet feels more emotion when dealing with her, “Come, come and sit you down. You shall not budge. You go not till I set you up a glass where you may see the inmost part of you”(III:iv). Hamlet’s anger stems from his mothers hasty remarriage to his uncle and her incestuous acts. It’s this emotion/anger that drives out Hamlet’s deep suppressed feelings of anger, “But to live in the rank hamlet, play, hamlet’s, ghost, claudius, thoughts, reason, out, life, death, after, time, same, end, choice, uncle, soul, revenge, own, one, must, mother, mind, mask, madness, look, king, anger, yet, wishes, upon, tragic, through, thinking, state, sleep