Sunday, May 10, 2015

The Dilemma???

I think that being a man of thought or a man of action depends on the situation that is presented. Hamlet had a great opportunity to kill Claudius because Claudius was not alert at the time. It is understood that Hamlet did not want to kill Claudius while he repented because Hamlet believed that killing him then would be sending him to heaven. The hesitation Hamlet had whether to kill his father's murderer then or wait for a moment when Claudius is doing a sinful act again must have conflicted Hamlet. It was difficult for him to not kill his father's murderer right there but I believe Hamlet gave up a the only chance he had And it would never come again.
In my Hamlet was wrong to wait and murder Claudius later and think it would be the right moment. Claudius killed his brother in envy and that is the greatest and oldest sin in the bible. Hamlet should have already known or thought that if a sibling kills another by envy than he or she shall be punished by god. Also, Claudius did not repent on his sins because he was glad to have all of what was his brother's possessions, including his wife. Hamlet should have shut up and killed him then and there because Claudius would have probably gone to hell. If Cain was sent to live and wander forever through the Earth as punishment than Claudius would have been sent to hell. Hamlet could have thought for a second and killed Claudius if he came to the same conclusion as me. I know that Hamlet's mother would not have forgiven him for this and he would have gained an enemy but the moment she remarried to her brother-in-law was the moment she betrayed Hamlet. Hamlet was losing a mother but not a very caring one if she thought so little of her first marriage. Although Hamlet might have lost the thrown position because I think it was treason or something if someone murdered the king. That was the only thing that was important that he might have lost if he killed Claudius. However, the throne was already snatched from him the moment his mother remarried.
I think that in Hamlet's time it was bad to kill the king but I believe that relatives hied assassins or secretly killed them theirselves in order to succeed the throne. It was not uncommon for a king to be murdered in his palace due to the greed a d envy of people wanting to rise to the top. Hamlet is mostly guilty for killing Polonius because even though he was angry he had no right accidentally killing Polonius. Even if he thought it was Claudius he should have never trued to murder him. I think the biggest pain that could have been done to Claudius is Hamlet revealing the truth in some kind of plot and taking away everything Claudius had ever gained and then locking him up or executing him. It was treason to kill the king so Claudius would have been killed immediately if truth was to get out and if Hamlet would have seen this option he might have spared the life of many people. Hamlet should have let justice take its own course and just plot a way to reveal Claudius murder to the world. Everyone would not have judged Hamlet and they would have not thought of him as a madman. Hamlet was dumb to want to kill Claudius because he is not God to decide whether his uncle lives or dies. Claudius would have got what was coming to him but Hamlet just had to go and act crazy like a spoiled brat that misses his father. Killing Claudius would not have brought his father back, it would have just made him the same type of monster his uncle was. There were many smart options Hamlet could have taken but he overreacted and did not think like a level headed adult or king to be.

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