Hamlet Response

English: 400-word response exploring the themes brought out by the following quote. Thy commandment all alone shall live, Within the book and volume of my brain Response: After the death of Hamlet’s father, there is a constant mental battle in his head about how to proceed with his life. After the vision of his father, telling him to avenge his death, Hamlet is at a dilemma about what is right, because his logic tells …

…end one will prevail. At the early stages of the play hamlet is unaware of whether or not his uncle is the real murderer, but as the play progresses he systematically goes about finding out the facts which will lead to his conviction. However at several stages of the play, he will give in to his passion and kill erratically, and as a result he kills Polonius thinking that it is his uncle/step father.