He wants revenge against Claudius for killing his father, and he is at a loss for his country following the death of his father, who many felt was a great king. In the lines following his suicide thoughts, Hamlet compares Denmark to an unweeded garden in an attempt to symbolize the corruption within his country which is seeded in Claudius. ... The readers go on to discover more about the crisis in Denmark, and we later find out that Hamlet feels this corruption is a direct result of Claudius' incestuous marriage to his mother, and thus holds Claudius responsible for not only the loss of...

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Hamlet's father tells him that his brother, Claudius (the new king of Denmark), assassinated him. Only one month after his father was murdered, Gertrude (Hamlet's mother) married his Uncle Claudius, leaving Hamlet feeling betrayed and depressed. ... To make things worse, Hamlet has "sworn't" (p.63: 119) his revenge on King Claudius and thus decides to "act strange or odd" (p. 67: 190). ...

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