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The effects of fear and doubts on characters

            There are a lot of ways that fears and doubts direct their behaviors. The play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare shows how the doubts and fears of a character direct their behavior.
             A doubt that led Hamlet to wait to seek revenge against his uncle was when he doesn't know if Claudius really killed King Hamlet. Hamlet was relying solely on the word of a so-called ghost that came to Hamlet in the graveyard. Hamlet has to find out if Claudius, his uncle actually killed his father. Hamlet finds out that Claudius killed his father by staging a play and finding out his guilt by his reaction. Claudius walks out of the theatre in a mess, yelling for people to turn on the lights. Hamlet's doubt makes him wait for the right time to catch Claudius and it paid off, thus directing his behavior.
             An example of a fear-induced action would be when Claudius tries to kill Hamlet. Claudius is scared of Hamlet and his knowledge of Hamlet seeking revenge doesn't make him any happier. Claudius comes up with a plan to kill Hamlet and uses Laertes" idea of stabbing Hamlet with a fencing sword with not a stub but poison on the end. Claudius feels that Hamlet is a threat to his heir to the thrown of Ellsinore and he wants him out of his life. He also tries to send Hamlet to England and pays people to kill him when he gets there. All of this is because of King Claudius" fear of Hamlet killing him. .
             After Hamlet finds out that Claudius admits he is guilty of killing king Hamlet he decides to kill him. Hamlet finds Claudius in the chapel praying and decides to go ahead and kill him right there and then. Hamlet get's ready and realizes what he is doing. Claudius is confessing to his actions and is praying, Hamlet thinks that if a man is praying and confessing and you kill him he will not go to hell. Hamlet's superstition turns his approach to revenge entirely. He doesn't want Claudius to end up in heaven so he waits for another opportunity to kill him.


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