I think the message of Hamlet is revenge and judgment. All of Hamlet’s time was focused on revenging his father’s death, which only led to his own death. He was depressed and in the wrong state of mind to make any rational decisions. When Hamlet was supposed to be focused on Ophelia all he could worry about was getting Claudius back for killing his father. If he had been more concerned about the things that were important at the time, he wouldn’t have lost all the people that he cared about.

When someone is betrayed by another person revenge sounds really sweet. Most people when their emotions are taking over their actions don’t make the right decisions. A person needs some time to think through and evaluate the outcome of the actions they want to take. Most of them don’t take the action that they were thinking about at the time the person betrayed them. The people that choose to take immediate action are the ones that are sitting in prison regretting what they did.

The comparison of Hamlet and everyday people is that everyone has the urge for revenge. Hamlet went psycho and took action to his temptation. If you let emotions overwhelmed you, you can loose everyone that is close to you. Hamlet’s love of his life, mother and best friends all died. Hamlet’s actions led him into his personal hell. I think that this tragedy is a lesson for everyone, don’t let you emotions take over you life. Just because you feel something and one point doesn’t mean that you are going to feel that way later. You don’t want your actions to be negative and ruin your life.

Karissa