Analysis Of Vengeance In Shakespeare's Hamlet

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With the reveal of the sighting of Hamlet’s late father, this scene begins the journey of vengeance, the central plot of the play. Apathetic and lacking meaning in life, Hamlet decides to find and interact with the ghostly apparition resembling his father, risk potential danger and even death. In a private conversation, the ghost reveals to him that Claudius was the cause of his father’s death, not a poisonous slug, and commands him to seek revenge. Without Horatio telling him that he saw the ghost, Hamlet would have continued in his grieving process until time numbed his feelings, after which he would have likely developed a good relationship with Claudius, unknowing that it was him who had killed his father. Horatio, knowing Hamlet well,

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