When Hamlete returns to Denmark he is encounter with many problems he finds out his father is death and that his mother married her uncle. His emotions are triggered his mother and uncle try to make him feel better they tell him he needs to move on theirs nothing he could do about his fathers death " no, nor the fruitful river in the eye, nor the dejected haviour of the visage together with all forms moods shapes of grief that can denote me truly" ( 70-89, 1,2). this statement from hamlet shows how sad and grieving he is for his father. Hamlet was told that theirs a ghost that looks like his father but he does not believe them until he sees him. " I am thy father's spirit" (10, 1,5). His father starts to explain the reason for his death was because his uncle poisoned him. Hamlet sees the reason why he married his mother so he can become king " upon my secure hour thy uncle stole with juice of cursed hebona in vail and in the porches of my ears did pour ( 61-63,1,5) this is stating that his uncle will be the next in line to become king. his father wants him to kill his uncle but he delays it because he knows that killing is a sin.
Hello Diane Let me start by telling you that you have a really good blog going on here, good background and pictures. to let you know i gree with what you have explained in here but a have a very different interpretation of why hamlet would not want to kill his uncle. do you think that if he kiil his uncle his dreams of becoming the king would change? beside if he is discovered he could get kill instead of destroying his uncle, besides the fact that he knows it is a sin to kill i have a feeling that he might be a little scared...
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