Horatio: A True Friend of Hamlet Essay -- Shakespeares Hamlet

William Shakespe ars settlement is a tragic play. intimately of the characters in the play have selfish motives at heart. Lust, greed, pride, and revenge are just a few sins that are committed in the play. in that respect are few instances within the play that show goodness and kindness. village has so many people around him attempt to bring him down, barely he had iodin friend that was loyal to him, and that was Horatio. The other key characters in the play were only let on for their own good. However Horatio was looking come in for small town. Unfortunately, Horatio was the only one. Gertrude was Hamlets mother. She was a selfish and evil woman. She cheated on Hamlets father with Claudius, Hamlets uncle. She married Claudius a month after her husbands death. Gertrude wanted Hamlet to reveal his grieving. She told Hamlet, thou knowst tis common, all that lives must die, passing through temper to eternity (I.2.72-73). When Hamlet was depressed and grieving, it re headland ed Gertrude of the terrible sin she had committed. She wanted Hamlet to be content just so she could feel better astir(predicate) herself. Throughout the play Gertrudes motives do not waiver she looks out for her own well being. Claudius is Hamlets uncle and stepfather. He had an affair with Hamlets mother and murdered Hamlets father. Claudius cared for no one in the play but himself. There were very few halcyon moment for Hamlet in the play, but one came when he do a play within the play. Hamlet wanted to see the chemical reaction the Claudius had to the vista on the play where they show how the king was murdered. Claudius reaction to the scene was astounding. Give me some light. Away(III.2. 255). Hamlet saw his reaction and knew for surely that Claudius killed his father. Claudius was a horrible uncle ... ...e end. This play is not a typical happy ending type of play. In fact there are very few happy moments in the play. I do not find that Shakespeare intended for someone to walk away with a warm purport in his or her heart. I am not sure of the concrete reason he wrote the play and what it was he wanted the audience to chequer from it. I learned that revenge is something that can take over your mind and cause someone to do things that they would not normally do. It seems that Shakespeare was trying to train us to search inside of ourselves and not let the outside valet influence us in any way. Maybe he was trying to show us that we all need good friends like Horatio. whole kit and caboodle Cited Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Literature An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 7th ed.Ed Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Upper institutionalize River, N.J. Prentice Hall, 2004. 1307-1406