Thursday, May 26, 2011
Did Hamlet Get It Right?
We all know that murder is wrong no matter how you decide to look at it. In Hamlet's defense, although it is wrong, if you were to murder for some reason it is best to make sure that the reason was truly the reason you committed the act and not a false accusation or rumor. In saying this, i believe Hamlet did the right thing by hesitating to kill Claudius. Yes, he had an obligation to his father to defend his honor and to make Claudius reap the consequences for murdering King Hamlet but if in any way what King Hamlet told Hamlet was not the truth Hamlet would have murdered for a false cause. He did the right thing in waiting it out. If Hamlet didn't wait, the outcome of the situation would have given Hamlet many more problems especially beings he was considered to be a psychopath by many people. He would have been persecuted by just about all of Denmark and probably betrayed by all of his companions and family members. Also, he probably would've face capital punishment which is a much less noble and honorable death than the one he died for defending his father's name. Waiting was most definitely the right thing to do.
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