Hamlet: Justice

Hamlet: Justice

1. Hamlet

   • Complications
     • Feels the need for revenge
       • After 'The Mouse Trap'
         • Calls Claudius a "villain"
     • Hesitant to act
       • Disbelief of the ghost
       • Desire for Claudius to suffer
         • Repentance
   • Old Testament
     • "Eye for an Eye"

2. Claudius

   • Antagonist
   • Coward
     • Kills the Old Hamlet with poison
       • Womanly
     • His shallow repentance

3. Gertrude

   • Immune
     • The Old Hamlet protects her from Hamlet's wrath
   • Not interested?
     • "within a month"
       • Love for Claudius
       • Need to keep Denmark strong?
         • Hamlet is too emotional to be king?
           • Duty over justice?

4. Laertes

   • Similar to Hamlet
   • For the murder of Polonius

5. Fortinbras

   • Similar to Hamlet
     • For his father's losses at war with the Old Hamlet
   • Merciful
     • Gives Hamlet a proper burial