hamlet is a play about love

In Hamlet the play is mainly about the trials and hardship faced by Prince Hamlet in his quest to avenge his father. Hamlet starts out as a mournful young man as he grieves for his father who recently died. When Hamlet finds out that his father was murdered by his brother Claudius he becomes first enraged then pessimistic about the world. Love is a crucial key in the play Hamlet. The whole plot of revenge …

…man and a woman, to the love in strong friendship, to a lustful kind of love to a love between families the play showcases all these types of love. Love of materialistic value and power is also present in the play, referring to Claudius’ love of the throne. Looking at all these forms of love which are present and part the play then it can undoubtedly concluded that Hamlet is indeed a play about love.