ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet says, “Haste me to know’that I, with wings as swift/ As meditation or the thoughts of love, / May sweep to my revenge” (1.5. 35-37). This shows that the only thing he felt for Claudius was hate because of what he did to his father.

Detailed explanation-2: -2 Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. 3 So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear. 4 Come, the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge.

Detailed explanation-3: -O, vengeance! Why, what an ass am I! Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2. Hamlet, in this soliloquy, works himself into a passion with insults against his uncle Claudius and rebukes himself for failing to take speedy revenge for his father’s murder.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 4, Scene 4, he reflects on his own lack of motivation. He sees Fortinbras’ army marching on Poland, willing to kill 20, 000 men over an insignificant plot of land, and decides that they are far more powerful simply due to their decisiveness and motivation.