After reading Hamlet there are many thoughts that pop into
my head. What would've or wouldn't have happen if Hamlet was committed to the
act of revenge from the beginning. It is Hamlet’s inability to avenge the
murder of his father that drives the plot forwards. Because of Hamlet’s indecisiveness the deaths
of Polonius, Laertes, Ophelia, Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are resulted
from Hamlet’s delay. So I couldn't help myself but think that if Hamlet had
acted earlier, lives could have been saved.
The second thought was that if Hamlet would've just killed
and be done with Claudius sooner, than would he developed any mental insanity. Because
Hamlet couldn't strain himself to kill Claudius he ended up thinking too much. His
brain started to build an emotional and psychological complexity that backfire
on him. But then again we aren't sure if the insanity part of him was just a
front that Hamlets put up just to deceive his opponent.
There will always be that what if factor in anything you read. Kind of interesting to think if he had killed Claudius would he be sane ?
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