Anh Ly Professor Lunday ENGL 1302 March 11, 2018 Hamlet Revenge Tragedy In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet revenge parts are contributing the most important parts to gain the interesting among his audiences. The revenge tragedy is not only playing by Hamlet, but also Fortinbras, and Laertes, and they all seeking revenge for the death of their belated father. The most attractive scene throughout Hamlet is how each person take action of revenge, and how Hamlet characters change from the journey of avenge. In Hamlet His Modern Guises by Alexander Welsh, based on Lily Campbell work in a chapter’s contribution to the play in the title of ‘a tragedy of grief’. The effect of this play was to show how different temperaments of three men would impact their mourning, as she states, “three young man- Hamlet, Fortinbras, Laertes each called upon the mourn the death of a father” (Welsh 26). When the three men Hamlet, Fortinbras and Laertes were informed of their father’s demise. It is established that in the play, Fortinbras was the most rational of the three in his grief when compared to his brother. Hamlet did not show any emotion of the grief, whereas Laertes grief was so intense that it reached a level of rage. Certainly, Campbell was meticulous in the impact and attitudes caused by grief of the three men as opposed to Shakespeare who never bothered about Fortinbras’s reaction. The Campbell’s approach to grief, she notes, “in our own day we are sentimental about grief and those who grief” (Welsh 26). There is a sense of morality to this approach where Campbell seeks to stretch the concept of humanity upon the people in this play. Their actions prove that this is the Victorian era when in true sense the writer of this version of the play was actually born. It is not farfetched that the play writer holds also the sentiments of Claudius when she introduces the first court scene. The tragic story is one of a brother poisoning another so that he can marry the brother’s wife and take his kingdom. This is stated to be a common occurrence in the fictional world of Shakespeare. Hamlet, whose father fell victim to this tragedy is the hero in this story. There is a big contention as to why Hamlet refused to take heed of the counsel and instructions of the ghost but eventually vows, “thy commandment all alone shall live, within the books and shelves of my brain” (Welsh 34). Many critiques feel like, Hamlet was slow and this caused the end of many lives that should not have, had he not taken too much time to act. The psychological schema of this entire play is based on the effect of developmental crisis where one generation replaces another and the two have rifts as to what morality is. The experiences of one person are totally alien to another and that is why even when Hamlet is trying to come into a resolute understanding of his emotions, his disappointments and his grief, he still finds it difficult the fathom the sins, the desires and actions of his parents and loved ones specifically his uncle. In The Mystery of Hamlet: A Solution by Myron Stagman, the greatness of Shakespeare is vastly experienced in the story of the mystery of Hamlet among other literary writings. The main characters in all Shakespeare’s books are characterized by immortality, including Hamlet, a vengeful hero. Among other immortal characters by Shakespeare being Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra. The analysis of the unfolding story proves that Shakespeare had so many literary forms among them being parody and deception. The procrastination of the hero is deliberate because the pursuit of revenge is not a virtue but a quest for justice. By understand the death of his beloved father, Shakespeare states Hamlet’s mission to ask for justice for his belated father, “Hamlet will learn from the Ghost of his father that Claudius murdered his brother to possess both the throne and the Queen he has adulterously loved. The Ghost demands revenge.” (Stagman 44) According to Shakespeare, when one contemplates revenge, it is not that it is efficacious in itself but rather an aim to achieve true justice. This is one of the literary forms employed by Shakespeare when he used symbolism to define his characters and their intent. The use of comedy and tragedy is one of the important tools that every story he tells is embedded and read. However, he hardly used words to rhyme except where he analyzed Hamlet. Shakespeare would use comedy in the problem solution of his unfolding stories, “all’s Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure” (Stagman 22) In Hamlet’s Problematic Revenge : Forging a Royal Mandate by William F. Zak, story here depicts a hero who has a self – deprecation persona of doubtful feelings coupled with a sense of morality. Even though, Zak states, Hamlet “has not yet dealt with the consequences of those intended actions” (Zak 53) . However, he is well aware of his convictions and what he has to do to accomplish his mission of revenge. It does not matter whether he is a prince or not, all that he cares and want to do is to fulfil his promise to the ghost of his dead father. Hamlet plans the revenge once he learns about Claudius’s appalling secret, he meticulously plans to take it slow and awaits everything to calm down before he could take his revenge. Zak states “even someone who may now believe that divine providence will guide him to his opportunity for vengeance, were reprisal for his father’s death at the forefront of his consciousness, this naked exposure of himself to Cladius when he need not have risked it seems witlessly unreflective.” (Zak 55) Unfortunately, Hamlet’s out of character behavior continues to a point where he embarrasses himself from the expectations of everyone. At Ophelia’s graveside, Hamlet makes a fool of himself when he is seen to pick a fight with Laertes over who loved Ophelia more when she was among the living, as Zak notes, “the exchanges between Hamlet and the Gravedigger as a silly verbal ‘duel’ whererin Hamlet for the first time is simply out-anticked, disarmed, and unmanned by a more accomplished court fool.” (Zak 56). This is one of the scenes that prove the out of character of a prince, while Claudius is present. It is clear that the grief of Hamlet’s dead father was conjured by his ego and quick the temper, provocation and shaming of others. Hamlet never seizes to shame and taunt Claudius for his hatred for him. Works Cited Stagman, Myron. The Mystery of Hamlet: A Solution. UK: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010. EBSCOhost Welsh, Alexander. Hamlet His Mordern Guises. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University, 2001. EBSCOhost Zak, William F. Hamlet’s Problematic Revenge : Forging a Royal Mandate. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2015. EBSCOhost