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HAMLET

Revenge for the Family

In Shakespeare's “Hamlet" one of the main themes is the desire for revenge to redeem family honor. Prince Hamlet' seeks revenge against his uncle, Claudius, for the death of his parents, especially his father. Hamlet is very curious about the cause of his father's death and is still in mourning. Hamlet envisions the "ghost" of his father, and speaks to it. Hamlet finds out the truth about his father's death, that he was murdered by Claudius. Although Hamlet is told by the “ghost” that Claudius killed his father he still wants to be positive before he takes any action. To do so hamlet decides he’s going to perform a test to see if Claudius really murdered his father. The way his father was killed was King Hamlet was sleeping in the garden and someone poured poison in his ear and he was killed. Hamlet decides to have “players” put on a play for the king and queen, reenacting the king’s death. While the play was taking pl...

Posted by: Andres Cisneros

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