Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a general revenge play. The author constructs the play as a revenge missions. Avenging ones father is a metaphor the author is using to stand for growing up, asserting one’s own manhood or becoming an adult. In this story, one can establish five different instances of revenge missions but three are the main ones. The three revenge scenarios are outlined below:
To start with, we have the main character, Hamlet, avenge mission to kill his father’s murderer, Claudius. Claudius managed to kill Old Hamlet through poison in the orchard just before the start of the play. His son, Hamlet, get the news while out of the country and makes his way home to avenge. His mission is delayed in several instances but eventually manages to kill him in the last scene. Claudius loses while Hamlet becomes the winner.
Secondly, the old man, Hamlets father, is not left behind. He kills Fortinbras’ father just before the play starts in a combat on the ice. The deceased son, Fortinbras, is away the time his father dies and he returns home for a revenge mission also. He has two agendas to accomplish; kill the murderer and reclaim the father’s land he had lost to Hamlet’s father. He arrives home unfortunately or fortunately to find he has ...