Weak and Pitiful Hamlet Hamlet leads his life in circles, never comfortable enough with his current conditions to settle down. The crises that were imposed on him were never resolved, because he could not manage decisions, leading to a serious breakdown in his family's life. This death began on a terrace of the palace that Hamlet called home, with the sighting of a ghost that foreshadowed trouble in the near future. Hamlet's sanity began to deteriorate when he learned that his father's death was not an accident, but rather a disgusting act committed by the newly crowned king of Denmark. “If ever you loved your dear father – Avenge his foul and unnatural murder” [Act I, vl.23-25]. When a mysterious ghost appeared on the terrace, Hamlet learned of a murderer who would prove his loyalty to his father. As he contemplated the terrible news recently brought to his attention, the control Hamlet had over his actions was questioned. “O bad, bad, smiling, damned bad! My tables meet if I put it down, so that one can smile, smile and be a bad guy. At least I'm sure it could be that way in Denmark,” [Act I, v l. 106-109]. Hamlet's hatred towards his father's murderer led him to bring together the tribulations between the murder and aspects of Denmark as a country. As with most conflicts Hamlet faced, his inability to avenge his father's death furthered the deterioration of his life and environment. With countless opportunities overlooked, Hamlet's ability to take any action against his father's death is called into question. “Now I might do it, now I'm praying, and now I won't. And so it goes to heaven, and so I am avenged. It would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and for this I, his only son, send this same villain to heaven. [Act III, iii l. 173-180] Hamlet contemplates killing Claudius while praying for forgiveness, but then backs down when he learns that he would send him to heaven for the loyalty Claudius had shown to the Lord. Hamlet once again discusses the possibilities placed before him by the ghost he swore to avenge. weapons against a sea of troubles and by countering them finish them.
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