The yearning for revenge is fueled by Shakespeare's Christian-derived sense of justice of fate, which had permeated the 17th-century Elizabethan context and which gave rise to his overarching contextual concerns. In the first of his soliloquies, the ethereal ghost, whose commanding modality seeks assurance of vengeance from Hamlet, creates a sinister mood that positions the audience against the moral corruption of the Danish state. The metaphorical association of the world as "an unweeded garden" and the lexicons "rank" and "rude" further allude to depravity, a major concern in its anarchic context. To gain Hamlet's help, the ghost exploits the simile to describe the poison administered by Claudius which was "quick as quicksilver", and "like greedy droppings in milk" images suggesting the calculating nature of Claudius, further alleged in the contradiction of the paradox 'our sometimes sister, now our queen' and in his joy of marrying G...... middle of paper ...... encourages me…. to my revenge?/I have a father who was murdered, a mother who was defiled, … and yet I did 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 Horatio's point of view as we, the audience, are left with ambiguous uncertainty about the nature of man. The protagonist dies as a “gentle prince”, and not as a villain, his inner conflict finally being calmed. 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 cessation of the corruption and disorder they have reaped in the course of a piece. Renowned for their enduring contextual concerns, the protagonist's soliloquies reflect broader questions that are at the heart of the human experience..

Essay / The yearning for revenge is fueled by Shakespeare's Christian-derived sense of justice of fate, which had permeated the 17th-century Elizabethan context and which gave rise to his overarching contextual concerns. In the first of his soliloquies, the ethereal ghost, whose commanding modality seeks assurance of vengeance from Hamlet, creates a sinister mood that positions the audience against the moral corruption of the Danish state. The metaphorical association of the world as "an unweeded garden" and the lexicons "rank" and "rude" further allude to depravity, a major concern in its anarchic context. To gain Hamlet's help, the ghost exploits the simile to describe the poison administered by Claudius which was "quick as quicksilver", and "like greedy droppings in milk" images suggesting the calculating nature of Claudius, further alleged in the contradiction of the paradox 'our sometimes sister, now our queen' and in his joy of marrying G...... middle of paper ...... encourages me…. to my revenge?/I have a father who was murdered, a mother who was defiled, … and yet I did 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 Horatio's point of view as we, the audience, are left with ambiguous uncertainty about the nature of man. The protagonist dies as a “gentle prince”, and not as a villain, his inner conflict finally being calmed. 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 cessation of the corruption and disorder they have reaped in the course of a piece. Renowned for their enduring contextual concerns, the protagonist's soliloquies reflect broader questions that are at the heart of the human experience..

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