The desire for revenge is fueled by Shakespeare's sense of justice in fate, derived from the Christianity that had infused the 17th century Elizabethan context, giving rise to its all-encompassing contextual concerns. In the first of his soliloquies, the ethereal ghost, whose imperious manner seeks Hamlet's assurance of revenge, establishes the sinister atmosphere of the play by positioning the audience on the moral corruption in the state of Denmark. The metaphorical association of the world as "an overgrown garden" and the lexicon "rank" and "coarse" further allude to depravity, a primary concern in its anarchic context. To gain Hamlet's help, the ghost uses the simile to describe the poison administered by Claudius as being "quick as quicksilver", and imagery "like greedy excrement in milk" which suggests Claudius's calculating nature further claimed in contradiction of the paradox 'our once sister, now our queen' and in her joy of marrying G...... middle of paper ...... spurs me on... to my revenge?/I have a father who is been murdered, a mother who has been defiled,... yet I have done nothing.' It is at this point that he decides to accept his duty to kill Claudius. The last words he speaks are ironically juxtaposed with Horace's perspective as we, the audience, are left with an ambiguous uncertainty about the nature of the man “sweet prince,” and not as a villain, and his inner conflict is finally alleviated The world of “Hamlet” ultimately conforms to an Aristotelian notion of catharsis as the deaths of Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, and Laertes, invariably bring a. sense of rational closure and an end to the corruption and disorder they have garnered over the course of a play. Known for their persistent contextual concerns, the protagonist's soliloquies reflect larger issues that are at the heart of the human experience..

Topic > The desire for revenge is fueled by Shakespeare's sense of justice in fate, derived from the Christianity that had infused the 17th century Elizabethan context, giving rise to its all-encompassing contextual concerns. In the first of his soliloquies, the ethereal ghost, whose imperious manner seeks Hamlet's assurance of revenge, establishes the sinister atmosphere of the play by positioning the audience on the moral corruption in the state of Denmark. The metaphorical association of the world as "an overgrown garden" and the lexicon "rank" and "coarse" further allude to depravity, a primary concern in its anarchic context. To gain Hamlet's help, the ghost uses the simile to describe the poison administered by Claudius as being "quick as quicksilver", and imagery "like greedy excrement in milk" which suggests Claudius's calculating nature further claimed in contradiction of the paradox 'our once sister, now our queen' and in her joy of marrying G...... middle of paper ...... spurs me on... to my revenge?/I have a father who is been murdered, a mother who has been defiled,... yet I have done nothing.' It is at this point that he decides to accept his duty to kill Claudius. The last words he speaks are ironically juxtaposed with Horace's perspective as we, the audience, are left with an ambiguous uncertainty about the nature of the man “sweet prince,” and not as a villain, and his inner conflict is finally alleviated The world of “Hamlet” ultimately conforms to an Aristotelian notion of catharsis as the deaths of Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, and Laertes, invariably bring a. sense of rational closure and an end to the corruption and disorder they have garnered over the course of a play. Known for their persistent contextual concerns, the protagonist's soliloquies reflect larger issues that are at the heart of the human experience..