Question

Part 2 Directions: You are to write a three (3) paragraph essay to the questions posed. Make sure that you answer all three (3) parts of the question. You must use the drama Hamlet, the poem The Present Crisis and/or the short story Lamb to the Slaughter to help prove your points. Remember, in the first paragraph you have to state your thesis and a little background information, and in the second paragraph, you go into detail about each question using text as support, and the third paragraph is the concluding paragraph where you restate your thesis and your final thoughts. You will write in 3 rdperson using pronouns (he, she, it or they). 1) What is revenge supposed to look like for Hamlet? (2) Is he merely avenging his father’s or is he retaliating because he was not made king after his father’s death?(3) And how did Ophelia play into his revenge?

Answer 1

Hamlet´s main goal is avenging his father’s being killed. There are no hints that imply him angry about not being king following his father’s dying. What he wants is to make sure that Claudius is guilty and kill him as retaliation to send him to hell.

Step-by-step explanation:

In act 3, Hamlet has an opportunity to kill him, but since Claudius was praying at the time, Hamlet feared that killing him would send him to heaven, so he didn´t. That implies that the ultimate revenge for him is sending Claudius to hell. Ophelia and her romantic relationship with Hamlet play an important part in the plot of revenge. In the end, is the fear of others to Ophelia being with Hamlet, as well as Hamlet´s erratic behavior around her, that drives Ophelia mad into killing herself.

Hamlet seems to have clear goals but finds he´s unable to accomplish them because of doubt and erratic behavior while trying to discover the truth about his father. While he goes through a justified and not greedy attempt to seek revenge and seems to be in love with Ophelia, his actions don´t allow him to accomplish his goals.