Hamlet Essay

For my essay, I'm not too sure what exactly I'm going to focus on, but I kinda have a few ideas. I like the prompt about the affect death has on people and the prompt about revenge and if it's ever really worth it. I think I would be able to tie those two together pretty well. I could talk about King Hamlet's death first and the affect it had specifically on Gertrude and Hamlet. Then I could tie in how Hamlet wanted to get revenge on Claudius and how it really wasn't worth it. Then I could talk about the death of Ophelia and Polonius and how that affected Hamlet and Laertes and how they tried majorly to get back at Hamlet, and again how that worked out. The main scene I can focus on is the ending with the fencing and the major death scene. Then I can explain further how revenge really is never worth it because, it will just come back to you. Revenge is basically a constant circle that never ends well. Everytime a character tried to get revenge, they soon died and then somebody wanted revenge for that death and then they die. So basically, don't try to get revenge. Ever. And I can stress the point that when someone close to you dies, you will change forever. You can either change by the difference that they are no longer with you, or you can forever live in the past and just remember only the time that they were with you. People usually block out the deaths because they can't confront them. Ophelia openly faced her dad's death, while Hamlet completely blocked out Ophelia's death. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to exactly carry this out, but I know I want to do something along these lines.