She committed suicide not long after. He stabs Hamlet with a poisoned blade but wounds himself and dies. Gertrude drinks the poisoned wine and dies. Hamlet musters his final strength to kill Claudius before he himself dies. How did Hamlet become so obsessed with the idea of death? It is important to get a closer look at his character to understand his way of thinking. For one, he is weak. Hamlet is not a commanding figure.
As a matter of fact, he is depicted as weak and vacillating person. This may not be the best description of the leading character but Hamlet does appear to be confused in the beginning.
Hamlet is also a loner, bitter, and distrustful. He hates his uncle because he is aware of what his uncle did to his father. He dislikes his mother intensely because of her decision to marry his uncle right after his father passed away. Hamlet is actually an introspective young man who studied at the University of Wittenberg. He is indecisive and hesitant but sometimes can be impulsive in his decisions too. Hamlet was at first passive after being told of the truth of the death by the ghost of his father.
Hamlet, instead of acting on what he knew for certain, spends his time laboring on how to prove that his uncle is guilty before taking actions. He is constantly contemplating death even suicide and its consequences. Perhaps, his muddled mind could have made it plain that his only way out of the situation is by dying. As Hamlet ponders on this question, he realized that it leads to more questions rather than answers.
Hamlet restated his question by adding dreaming to sleep. Hamlet is afraid to die because of the uncertainties of the afterlife. But his choices all boil down to death —suicide or killing his uncle Claudius. He tried to end his inner struggles by turning to religion to seek valid reasons to either commit suicide or find the strength to kill Claudius. This scene is important because it reveals the quality of Hamlet's mind. He is deeply passionate by nature.
He could be impulsive, rash and thoughtless but at times he appears to be logical, wise, reasonable and noble. All the characters around Hamlet also appear weak. Claudius is probably the weakest, being a tyrant and a murderer.
Ophelia gives up her love for Hamlet when her father and brother told her to do so. The news that Hamlet turns mad must have weakened her. So much so that when her father dies she becomes insane. Laertes is so blinded by fury of the death of his father and sister that he refuses to listen to reason and plans to avenge their deaths by killing Hamlet. What kind of person is Polonius? How is Polonius selfish? How does Polonius treat his daughter? Is Polonius a good character? What mental illness does Polonius have?
What does this reveal about Polonius character? Did Polonius deserve to die? Is Polonius innocent? Was Polonius death an accident? What are the likely consequences of Polonius death? Why did Hamlet kill Polonius so easily? Who is the last character to die in Hamlet? In the final scene, he kills Hamlet with a poisoned sword to avenge the deaths of his father and sister, for which he blamed Hamlet.
While dying of the same poison, he implicates King Claudius. He then breaks off short. His last line in the play is 'Which have solicited - The rest is silence. Hamlet is left without satisfaction in the end.
Hamlet is dead after he kills Claudius, so it is only for the moment that Hamlet feels satisfaction. The extent at which revenge and vengeance provides satisfaction is letting the person you seek revenge from live or they die and you live.
The Mystery of Death And, since death is both the cause and the consequence of revenge, it is intimately tied to the theme of revenge and justice—Claudius's murder of King Hamlet initiates Hamlet's quest for revenge, and Claudius's death is the end of that quest. Claudius and Laertes set Hamlet's ending in motion when they plan to kill Hamlet during a fencing match. Both Hamlet and Laertes are fatally poisoned during the match, and before he dies, Hamlet kills Claudius.
By the end of the tragedy, Hamlet has caused the deaths of Polonius , Laertes , Claudius , and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern , two acquaintances of his from the University of Wittenberg. He is also indirectly involved in the deaths of his love Ophelia drowning and of his mother Gertrude poisoned by Claudius by mistake. Role in the play It is he who then explains the conditions surrounding King Hamlet's death.
Later, in act two, Horatio is revealed to be Hamlet's most trusted friend, to whom Hamlet reveals all his plans. The next day at Elsinore Castle, Hamlet tells Horatio how he plotted to overcome Claudius's scheme to have him murdered in England. Why does Hamlet encourage the actor to recite the speech about Pyrrhus and Priam? Does Hamlet consider suicide?
Why is Hamlet so cruel to Ophelia? Why does Ophelia go mad? Does Ophelia actually kill herself? What is the significance of the gravediggers?
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