Hamlet by William Shakespeare :: Character Analysis, Classics

<< In the play village by William Shakesphere, the main character, Hamlet, has a high level of intelligence. In Denmark, Hamlet is the son of the king who had recently passed away, and the pansy who betrayed her husband to marry Hamlets uncle soon after his death. Hamlet is hurt and uproared by his mothers betrayal and his uncles rise to become king. He has an extraordinary understanding and comprehension of others and himself.      Hamlet understands himself and uses this as a strength for his revenge. He feels very strongly about his fathers murder and hopes to seek a confession from King Claudius. "ill wipe away every trivial fond records, all saw books, all forms, all pressures past that youth and observation copied there" <act one, scene five> this is when hamlet becomes opinionated to carry out the revenge after he speaks to the ghost. He shows strong signs of a studious nature and plans to carry them out against claudius. which he does, only not by blantent confrontation. Hes wise enough to know claudius would never admit his sin that "is rank, it smeels to heaven", so he divises the mousetrap play. This plan shows he thinks straight but will not act too rapidly on this. He gives this plan great thought and makes careful decisions. Hamlets understanding of others helps discover the murderer of his father. His quick instincts tell him that the childhood friends Claudius wanted him to reunite with were spies. By asking them simple questions, Hamlet found Rosencrantz and Guildenstein werent who they said they were.