Everyone can be greedy in their own ways, having too much greed can lead to a path of destruction which I say it's the deadly sin that's responsible for the tragic events in Hamlet. If it weren't for greed in the beginning then nothing would have ever happened to king Hamlet. Claudius got to ahead of himself and wanted the crown and the fame and to inherit it king Hamlet needed to die so Claudius solved the issue for himself. The ghost of king Hamlet revealed the truth on how he actually died and it lead Hamlet to another deadly sin, wrath. Hamlet becomes upset when he hears the way his father is murdered in act 4 scene 1 lines 94-96 “O fie! Hold, hold, my heart, and you my sinews, grow not instant old, but bear me stiffly up.” King Hamlet …show more content…
The consequence is him dying from Hamlet and he knows it because after the play he felt very guilty on what he did. Claudius went to go and pray for forgiveness but to be truly forgiven he has to give up the crown and all the wealth he has earned becoming king. While praying Hamlet had a perfect opportunity to murder Claudius and get his revenge but decides not to because he was being greedy and wants to make sure that Claudius goes straight to hell. Since Claudius prayed for forgiveness Hamlet believes he won't go to hell if he is killed in the moment as seen in act 3 scene 4 lines 73-77 “Now might i do it pat, now he is a-praying, and now i’ll do’t. And so he goes to heaven, and so am I revenged. That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven.” Claudius wants to be forgiven but can't be because of his greed and doesn't give the crown up so that opens more doors for Hamlet to get a moment with Claudius to murder him while he is committing a deadly sin so that he is sent straight to hell. Hamlet then goes to his mother and tells her that she needs to stay away from Claudius and that he's not crazy at all, that it's all an act but his mother doesn't believe him. As shown in act 3 scene 4 lines 65-70 “ here is your husband, …show more content…
Laertes agrees to joining together in act 4 scene 7 lines 149-151 “ That is but scratched withal. Ill touch my point with this contagion, that, if i gall him slightly, it may be death.” Laertes agrees to murder hamlet by having a fencing match with him with the tip of the sword sharpened and poisoned. While as a backup plan Claudius will have a cup of a drink poisoned for Hamlet if the sword were to fail. That makes Laertes also greedy because he is cheating during a fencing match to get back at Hamlet for the death of his father and the craziness of his sister. That then lead to the tragic ending of Hamlet when the queen to a drink from the cup meant for Hamlet but Claudius had so much greed that he ended up watching the queen die as in act 5 scene 2 line 296 Claudius says , “Gertrude do not drink.” She then ends up drinking the poison and dying when Claudius could have saved her and stopped her instead of just telling her not to drink out the cup. Claudius was too greedy and focused on getting revenge that everyone but Horatio ends up dying at the end by the poison he and Laertes prepared just for
It is too late though, the poisonous sword had cut Hamlet. In anger, Hamlet steals the poisoned sword and runs it into Laertes. He then charges Claudius and runs into him. He also takes the wine and forces Claudius to drink from it. Both Claudius and Laertes died before Hamlet.
Vengeance, redemption, and desire plague Denmark’s royal family in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet after a haunting family secret forces Prince Hamlet to choose between morality and honor. After Hamlet’s father dies, the kingdom hastily adjusts to his uncle Claudius’ reign; however, Hamlet remains devastated and loyal to his father. When his father’s ghost unveils that Claudius poisoned King Hamlet, the prince’s devastation mixes with a fervent desire for revenge that eventually dictates his every thought. Despite being ostensibly committed to avenging his father’s death, Hamlet habitually discovers reasons to delay action. As Hamlet’s procrastination persists, his familial relations deteriorate and ultimately cause him to reevaluate his position in society. Furthermore, Hamlet becomes chronically paranoid and calculates each aspect of his plan; therefore, the audience doubts his ability to successfully exact revenge. This paranoia escalates exponentially and fuels an uncontrollable obsession with perfection that usurps his sanity. Although Hamlet remains devoted to his murdered father, his perpetual procrastination eventually leads to mental degeneration through decaying relationships, prompting incessant paranoia, and fostering uncontrollable obsessions.
Claudius quickly takes advantage of this by manipulating Laertes to duel Hamlet. Laertes, under the influence of Claudius takes his fury one step further and poisons his sword, a poison so lethal that one cut will end Hamlet. During their duel, Laertes wounds Hamlet then "In scuffing", they exchange swords. Hamlet wounds Laertes and they are both poisoned.
One of Hamlet’s flaws is that he over thinks things a lot and it is first shown the most at the prayer scene with Claudius. Once Hamlet sees how Claudius reacts to the play he knows that Claudius killed his father and that the ghost was right, he has a chance to kill him and doesn’t take it . His only proof was the ghost and even though others saw the ghost no one else heard it talk except Hamlet. Hamlet was also considering a lot of other things at this time, like how if he killed Claudius now Claudius would be free of sin and would go to heaven. He was also thinking if his father didn’t get to die free of sin it wouldn’t be fair for Claudius to die free of sin either, which shows how vengeful Hamlet’s character is. At the same time, Hamlet has morals and understands the consequences so that’s why it’s harder for him to perform the act . After a l...
Hamlet agrees to a sword match with Laertes, not knowing that Laertes will have a sharp, poisoned sword while he will be given a blunted sword. To make sure that their plan to kill Hamlet works, Claudius poisoned a drink to give to Hamlet but Gertrude ends up drinking it causing their plan to unravel. Laertes then wounds Hamlet with the poisoned sword, but in the scuffle they exchange weapons and Hamlet slices Laeretes with the toxic blade. He then slashes Claudius with the poisoned blade and forces him to drink from the toxic cup. The four of them die but with his dying breath, Hamlet pleads with Horatio not to drink from the cup so he can tell his tragic story and announces Fortinbras as the King of Denmark.
After Laertes got wounded by his own sword he stated that “Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osric: I am justly kill’d with mine own treachery’ (5.7.299-300). Laertes admits that his plan backfired by killing him. He caused his own death, but unlike Hamlet, Laertes didn’t kill any innocents along the way with his plan except himself. Finally, after all his time spent acting mad, choosing to live or not, hesitating to act upon chance, Hamlet finally kills Claudius “Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, Drink off this potion. Is thy union here?’’
Ambition is the desire for power, honor, fame, wealth and the will to do anything to obtain them. Claudius is full of ambition and commits nefarious acts against his own family to gain power. In Act one; Scene five, Hamlet has been blessed by the presence of his father’s ghost. King Hamlet, who is absolutely irate, tells Hamlet exactly how he died. Murdered, more specifically poisoned, by his brother in his sleep. Not only did Claudius murder him but he robbed him “Of life, of crown, of queen.” All of these are things he viciously snatched from King Hamlet to fulfill ambitious life style. Although in Denmark the people elect their king Claudius is of royal blood, he knows the ins and outs of governing a body of people, thus possibly the reason...
With countless opportunities neglected, Hamlet’s ability to take any action against his father’s death is questioned. “Now might I do it pat, now ‘a is a-praying, and now I’ll do’t. And so ‘a goes to heaven, And so am I revenged. That would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven.” [Act III, iii l. 173-180] Hamlet contemplates killing Cladius while he prayed for forgiveness, but then backed out as he learned he’ll send him to heaven for the loyalty Cladius showed towards the Lord. Hamlet once again debates the possibilities put before him by the ghost he swore to avenge.
Claudius uses Laertes to do his dirty work. Claudius is basically working behind the scene of this murder. He wants Hamlet dead because he feels Hamlet coming on to him. Claudius says, “Oh for two special reasons.”(Shakespeare4.7.9-24) Claudius wants Laertes to kill Hamlet. He knows that he really can’t punish Hamlet or put him away because of Gertrude and his royal standards. He didn’t want to hurt Gertrude any type of way because he loves her unconditionally. He also couldn’t punish him because Hamlet is in a public court and all the people love him and that would look bad for Claudius because everything would fall on him and the people will hate him for it. Claudius is a snake in the grass and waiting for his prey to come along so he can
A villain kills my father, and, for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven" (Hamlet, Act III, Scene 4, lines 74-79). He uses his detective-like style of thinking to realize that, although he could kill King Claudius the moment he saw him, King Claudius would go to heaven because he had prayed for forgiveness for his sins. Prince Hamlet uses that detective-like frame of mind and ultimately comes to decide that he should not kill King Claudius, because he would go to heaven (since he had already confessed his sins), but that would not truly bring about any justice because the late King Hamlet did not have the opportunity to pray for forgiveness of his sins. Again, this is consistent with the frame of mind that most detectives have - their plan is usually to uphold truth and justice, and Prince Hamlet is doing his best to do so in a way that he sees
He also committed the moral sin of killing his own brother and taking his wife. Claudius also deprived Hamlet of his rightful kingship. In addition, Hamlet now knows that his love of his mother is corrupted since she is affectionate towards his enemy. Hamlet should have acted decisively and killed Claudius as soon as possible after the Ghost told him to avenge his murder. But then comes the indecisive character in him that thinks it, though.
Hamlet was told by the ghost of king hamlet to get back at Claudius for his death, or his soul will travel on earth forever. Even before hamlet knew about Claudius killing his father he had problems. It made hamlet mad that his mother would marry so fast and with his uncle. What Claudius did was an outrageous, back stabbing, and unbelievable thing. It was clearly an act of jealousy for his brother's throne and the wife. Claudius did pay back for his actions. Claudius lost his wife, his messenger, and died and even after his death kept loosing because he lost his castle to Fortinbras.
As Claudius prays to repent his sins, Hamlet contemplates avenging his father at that very moment. However, at that moment, Hamlet realizes that killing his uncle while praying would send Claudius’ soul to heaven. “A villain killed my father, and for that, I – my father’s only son – send this same villain to heaven. Oh, this is a prize, not a punishment!” (Shakespeare, pg.117).
Hamlet's fatal flaw is his inability to act. Unlike his father, Hamlet lets his intelligence rather than his heroism govern him. When he has a chance to kill Claudius, and take vengeance for his father's murder, he hesitates, reckoning that if he kills the man while he is at prayer, Claudius would have asked for pardon from the Lord and been forgiven of his sins, therefore allowing him to enter Heaven. Hamlet decides to wait for a better opening. His flaw of being hesitant in the end leads to his own death, and also the deaths of Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, and Claudius.