Shakespeare and Terrorism by Issa Islam;

Author:Issa, Islam;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Classical avengers would simply seek revenge immediately, but Hamlet is more complex. He wonders, in fact, whether the initial atrocity ever really occurred, fearing that the story may be a trap from the devil. The mousetrap play he puts on plunges him into yet more confusion. And once he does convince himself to avenge, he is confronted by the second phase, to construct himself as an avenger. But he’s more like one of us would probably be: attempting to delay the deed for as long as possible. He won’t kill his mother in one scene – “O heart, lose not thy nature; … I will speak daggers to her, but use none” (3.3.336, 339) – and in the next, stands over the helpless king, sword in hand, only to hesitate.

The contemplative hesitance and the attempt to rationalise any decisive action make it even more important to consider the question: what is it that makes Hamlet finally switch?

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