Hamlet Father's Death Essay

In the play by William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, Hamlet’s father is dead at the beginning, and Hamlet’s uncle (remove commas because this is not an appositive phrase) Claudius marries Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, and assumes the position of king, despite Hamlet being next in line for the throne. Throughout the play, Hamlet struggles with the idea of murdering a man who wronged him to protect his father’s honor.

(Consider making this your first body paragraph) When the throne is stolen from Hamlet, a desire to avenge his deceased father is engendered in him. Hamlet is unsure of how or when he wants to get revenge, he wants to follow through with the plan but he is determined that his father’s death must

When King Hamlet was killed, Hamlet was in line to acquire the throne, but before he could do so, Claudius came in and married the newly widowed Queen Gertrude and took over the throne. Hamlet became frustrated with his uncle for the things he did, and he felt that it would only be right to kill Claudius to avenge his father. Hamlet had a plan for revenge, but the plan was not immediately carried out because Hamlet forced himself to find reasons not to kill Claudius. (This whole paragraph seems like a restatement of the first paragraph. Personally i would remove it)

When given the chance to kill Claudius, Hamlet says, “Now might I do it pat, now he is praying and now I’ll do 't. [He draws his sword.] and so he 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.” (III, iii, 302-303). When Hamlet is given the opportunity to kill Claudius, he forces himself to find a reason that he should not do it because he would send Claudius straight to heaven and he would not get the true punishment that he deserves for what he did to Hamlet and Hamlet’s father. He is presented with three