In the drama Hamlet, ideas have been formed to explain Hamlet’s inability to avenge his father’s murder. Such premises are that Hamlet is pretending to be emotionally disturbed and is secretly plotting to carry out his revenge and that Hamlet is so corrupted by grief that he is really insane and incapable of action. There are many instances that support the idea that Hamlet is pretending to be crazy in the play. The …showed first 75 words of 874 total…

…showed last 75 words of 874 total…of this poison.../ Follow my mother (5.2.356-69).” Thus Hamlet serves final justice for his father’s death and his task is completed. Only through his mother’s death was Hamlet able to accomplish his task. Clearly demonstrated, Hamlet was simply a too moral character to begin with. Such atrocities that he had to carry out were even too foul under normal circumstances no matter what pretense he puts on. Bibliography Citations from Hamlet Word Count: 859