How does this reaction differ from Hamlet’s reaction to his father’s death? 3. Why is Claudius not afraid when Laertes attacks him and demands to know the whereabouts of his father? 4. Claudius once again proves himself to be a wise ruler.
1.2.184-185. Hamlet is extremely displeased as he must now call his uncle, stepfather/King due to their ill conceived union...’you have deeply offended your father’ [she means Claudius] 3.4.9. Hamlet felt anger and resentment towards his mother who has not only betrayed him but also his father's memory in marrying a man inferior to his father. A man who he believed could not walk near his father’s footsteps ‘...To give the world a model man. This was your husband....what follows.
Victor’s father goes in search of his old friend Beaufort who ‘lay on a bed of sickness, incapable of any exertion’. His daughter Caroline was taking care of him and when he died she turned to Frankenstein for comfort, which marked the beginning of their relationship and the pair married a few years later. This whole situation seems rather odd for a number of reasons. Firstly it seems quite unusual that a man would have any kind of sexual relationship with his dead friend’s daughter, as in a way it could be perceived as disrespectful of the deceased. Also there is a notable age difference between the two.
The death of one’s father and a ghostly visitation thereafter are events that would challenge the sanity of anyone. The circumstances of King Hamlet’s death render it especially traumatic. The late King seemed to be an idol to his son; Hamlet looked up to him and aspired to have the same qualities. Hamlet doesn't like King Claudius and sees him as a swindling usurper who has stolen not only the dead King’s throne, but Hamlet’s as well(2.4). Hamlet shows Gertrude that she has lowered her standards by marrying Claudius, When he refers to old Hamlet as, “A combination and a form indeed / Where every god did seem to set his seal” (3.4.55-61).
He only obtained the throne after killing his brother and marrying his brother’s widow. King Claudius appears to the audience as a civil, diplomatic ruler and it is only until the ghost first appears to Hamlet that is revealed he killed his brother with poison. The betrayal of his mother marrying King Claudius within a month after his King Hamlet’s death leaves Prince Hamlet feeling angry, bitter and revengeful towards his mother. Also the fact that she married her brother-in-law was considered to be incestuous and sinful in that era. When Prince Hamlet hires travelling actors to perform an act to the King Claudius and Queen Gertrude, they notice the plot to be similar to the murder of King Hamlet.
In the soliloquy, Hamlet is at first upset with himself about finding ways to avoid avenging his Father’s murder, like his spirit in ghost form told him to. This complaining turns into self hatred and then Hamlet is insulting himself outright. The main reason for this is he has agreed to get revenge on Claudius so his father’s spirit can be at peace, but he hasn’t done it yet. The fact that the Player seems to be more able to get into the mindset of revenge than he can further discourages him. This on top of the fact that Hamlet’s dad is dead and his mother married that man he hates most in the world makes for a pretty melancholy fellow.
However, a tragic hero is a character who experiences conflict and suffers greatly as result of his/her choices. Despaired through the death of his father and his mother’s marriage to his uncle Hamlet then begins to possess feelings of grief, anger and frustration. With these flaws weighing on his conscience it contributes to the making of a tragic hero. This is due to the forced objective of avenging his father’s murder and his mother’s incestuous marriage, Hamlet’s lack of being able to dictate his own choices and his cowardly sense of committing suicide to avoid the suffering. Hamlets anger, which stems from his mother marrying Claudius, bears him serious thoughts of suicide.
Firstly, in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the playwright uses certain characters to highlight Hamlet's tragic flaw of indecisiveness. Hamlet's uncle, King Claudius, highlights Hamlet’s tragic flaw though his actions to usurp the Danish throne and his ability to trust the people surrounding him, whilst Hamlet is shown to have difficulty doing so. Hamlet’s indecisiveness is first shown through his inability to take his throne as the king of Denmark, as he mourns for a long period of time and is not mentally present. In front of the Danish court, Claudius confronts Hamlet about his excessive grief and emphasizes Hamlet’s unstable mentality and showing no desire to take the throne. When he states: 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father.
How weary, stale, flat and profitable. Seem to me all the uses of this world!”. In Hamlet’s soliloquy above, Hamlet is not a person with mental instability although he just feels the deep condolence of his father’s death. He only suppressed because he thinks that the God made as if the suicidal is legal to him and it is accepted by the God. By the condition that Hamlet has at that time, Hamlet thinks that leaving the world is better to him.
This may be why he has such a difficult time getting along with women. When Hamlet’s father passed away, Gertrude (Hamlet’s Mother) didn’t even dwell on the fact that her husband had just passed away. She went along and hooked up with her dead husband’s brother. Hamlet becomes furious about this happening and loses all respect for