Topic > The Villain in Hamlet - 1107

In most plays there is a hero and a villain. There are also some stories where one person is both the hero and the villain. In Hamlet's story there are multiple villains and no heroes. Everyone has a flaw that leads to something tragic or dramatic during the story. The main villain of this story is Hamlet. In Shakespeare's play "The Tragedy of Hamlet" mostly negative things come out. At the beginning of the play we find out that Hamlet loses his father, the king of Denmark. This causes great depression in Hamlet. Soon after Hamlet becomes even more upset because he finds out that his uncle Claudius will marry his mother Gertrude and become the new king of Denmark. This drives Hamlet mad, mad. In Act II, Scene I, Ophelia goes to her father and explains what Hamlet has just done. This makes Polonius think that Hamlet has gone mad and goes to the king. Polonius then makes everyone believe that this is the reason for Hamlet's madness, but they don't even know that this has nothing to do with what is happening to Hamlet. If that were the case in this story, I think it would just be another version of Frankenstein where he's going crazy because he wants someone to love. Towards the end of the play Hamlet sets a trap to capture his uncle and make him confess his actions. During the show he goes crazy. Hamlet begins to stare at the king to see if he reacts in any way to the play, and he does, and as a result Hamlet is thrilled and applauds with the actors as the king leaves his seat. This is the moment when Horatio believes that Hamlet is not mad. This is probably the turning point in Hamlet's madness, as he goes from completely mad to a little less mad. At the end of the book everything starts to fall apart as people start dying one after another. Hamlet's madness led him to fight Laertes in a fencing match which I believe, however Hamlet is not mad, he just acts that way when Claudius, Gertrude and Polonius are around. He never acts angry at Horatio, or any of the guards, for that matter. He only acts crazy around people who accuse him of being crazy. However, I believe that Hamlet has every right to be mad because, when you think about it, Hamlet lost his father. Anyone who has lost a loved one will never be the same person as before. And then finding out that your uncle killed your father makes things even worse. Furthermore, Hamlet's mother married his uncle almost a month after his father's death. Perhaps this could have been the case with Victor Frankenstein. Maybe his mother had died and that was what had driven him crazy. Victor needs someone else to replace his mother, so he started with his job. I think this could apply to any teenage or even adult kid who has to go through all that drama and crisis in their life. I think they would go crazy