Hamlet as a Tragedy
...of joint. O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right. Also later he says to be, or not to be: that is the question. This meaning to live or to die, to avenge or to commit suicide. Later in the play a group of actors come to act out a play, and Hamlet has them re-enact the murder of is father in front of his uncle Claudius (the now present King). The actors murder scene also makes Hamlet question himself about the fact that he has done nothing yet to avenge his father. During the play Hamlet watches his uncle Claudius to see his reaction when the actors perform the murder scene. Hamlet plan worked, his uncle throws a fit and runs out the room, where Hamlet goes after him. When Hamlet catches up to his uncle his uncle is kneeling down praying, and Hamlet pulls out his sword and gets ready to kill him. But all of a sudden Hamlet changes his mind because if he kills his uncle while he's praying he will go to heaven, and Hamlet wants him to go to hell. So hamlet postpones the execution of his uncle. Polonius is murdered by Hamlet when Polonius his discovered listening to Hamlet, and his mother's Queen Gertrude conversation . Hamlet unknowing of who the person behind the tapestry is, kills Polonius from where he was spying. When the information reaches Laertes the son of Polonious, he comes back with the idea to seek revenge for his fathers death. In a conversation Laertes believes Hamlets uncle King Claudius who is responsible for his fathers death. Laertes takes a more aggressive stand point than Hamlet, Laertes is ready to kill the king right away thinking that he murdered his father. But king Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet is the one who killed his father. King Claudius also finds out that Hamlet has escaped the trap that he set up to get him murdered. So King Claudius sets up another plan with Laertes. This plan calls for Hamlet and Laertes to have a mock sword fight, but Laertes will be using a real poisoned sword. Laertes agrees with this, ready to claim Hamlets life for his father's murder. When the sword fight begins Hamlet is winning, but Laertes gets frustrated and stabs Hamlet when he is not looking with the poisoned sword. After Laertes stabs Hamlet, Hamlet then turns around and manages to take the sword from Laertes and stabs Laertes with it. Although Laertes dies first he accomplishes his purpose because Hamlet will die ...