Hamlet

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Hamlet, the murder of King Claudius

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare is a famous tragedy play about Prince Hamlet's revenge for his father and which ultimately leads to his death. The protagonist of the play is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, becomes the tragic hero who successfully makes his vengeance for his father's death by killing the antagonist, King Claudius, but he also loses his own life as well as the lives of those dearest to him in the end. Since at the beginning of the play, Hamlet's depressed for his father's death and the quick remarriage of his mother and King Claudius motives his attempt to find out the truth, and further his father informs him about his murder as a ghost, which causes him to revenge. Therefore, throughout the play, from seeking the murder to justify the truth, and finally revenge, Hamlet is plotting to kill the murder of his father, King Claudius in order to reach his goal of revenge, which is the major theme throughout the play.

At the beginning of the play, Hamlet returns his home to Denmark from school in Germany to attend his father's funeral. He not only feels deep depressed of his dear father's death, but also he is shocked to find out his mother Queen Gertrude has already remarried two months after her husband's death with his uncle, Claudius, who takes over his throne and becomes the new king. He could not understand how his mother can "hang on him, as if increase of appetite had grown...It is not nor it cannot come to good" (Shakespeare, I, I , 147-148) forgets his father so quickly Hamlet's depression and madness were not only caused by the death of his father but by his mother's remarriage. His love for his dear father...