======================== Shakespeare’s Hamlet is probably the most quoted and debated play of all time. ‘To be or not to be?’ that indeed is the question that has been asked over and over and debated for generations. Hamlet is essentially a revenge tragedy, where the hero, Hamlet, battles for answers to find out if Claudius really did murder his father and how shall he deal with this. Because Hamlet is not 100% sure if Claudius is the …showed first 75 words of 289 total…

…showed last 75 words of 289 total…were. Laertes is blinded by this rage and knows of Hamlet’s sins. He wastes no time with asking questions and immediately cahoots with Claudius to murder Hamlet. Shakespeare almost intentionally puts in the second plot to contrast the different methods. So while the reader is contemplating about Hamlet’s tactics, the reader is also entertained by a complete opposite approach. This all adds to the tragedy of the ending, striking all emotions at once.