Justice Vs. Rage In Hamlet

Part I of Essay
From the very beginning of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the title character feels anger over his mother's quick transition from mourning her dead husband to marrying his brother. In Hamlet's first soliloquy, he berates the hasty marriage, crying "a beast, that wants discourse of ....

Part II of Essay
.... character leads him to question the validity of the ghost's charge, and even the trustworthiness of the ghost itself. Even after Claudius reveals his guilt, justice lacks sufficient force to motivate Hamlet. When he finds Claudius alone in his room, hamlet realizes he has his chance, yet he stops himself. For Hamlet, the justice of sending Claudius to be judged by his maker is not enough; rather, he desires the ultimate punishment for Claudius--eternal torture in hell--resolving to forestall until "he is drunk asleep, or in a rage, ....