Hamlet: Fate :: essays research papers

Hamlet Fate     In our world today psychics screen to predict what will happen in ourfutures. What may happen in the future is controlled by a power far higher thanwhat put up be seen by someone at the other end of a "1-900" telephone number. The playact Hamlet, by Shakespeargon, presents a view of the world in which mansintellect is powerless to understand and predict the whims of Fate. Man isgoverned by an uninvolved and perhaps deranged power.     The characters of the play are in no substance able to comprehend what may liein the future. Hamlet knows that there is something wrong with the marriagebetween his mother (the queen) and Claudius (King Hamlets brother). Themarriage takes place righteous months after the slaying of King Hamlet. "Something isrotten in the state of Denmark." The characters of the play know that there arepowers at work in the kingdom.     A power that could be considered supe rnatural is in control of theactions of the play. Hamlet is visited on several occasions by a ghost thatoffers melodic theme make information. Hamlet knows not whether to trust thespirit or disregard what he has been told. " the devil hath power Tassume apleasing shape" Hamlet thought that the spirit may be trying to mislead him inthe gather up to find his fathers killer. Characters of the play become unsure oftheir intentions due to the odd twists of episode that they are dealt.     Characters in the play that were so sure of their decisions becameuncertain. This uncertainty arises when the projects of characters are somehowaltered. The alterations change the fate of many characters. Polonius was killedin the wake of Hamlets plan to find his fathers killer. Hamlet had nointention to kill anyone that did not deserve it. It was by chance that Poloniuswas in the chamber of the queen when Hamlet arrived. Polonius hid canful thecurtain and was killed wi th a thrust of a dagger. "Time is out of joint.