Hamlet: Fate :: essays research papers

juncture Fate     In our world today psychics try to predict what will happen in our approachings. What may happen in the future is controlled by a power far higher thanwhat can be seen by someone at the other end of a "1-900" telephone number. The bring Hamlet, by Shakespe be, presents a view of the world in which mansintellect is powerless to understand and predict the whims of Fate. Man isgoverned by an uncaring and perhaps deranged power.     The characters of the shape are in no way able to comprehend what may liein the future. Hamlet knows that there is something wrong with the marriagebetween his pay back (the queen) and Claudius (King Hamlets brother). Themarriage takes place just months after the slaying of King Hamlet. "Something isrotten in the state of Denmark." The characters of the play know that there arepowers at knead in the kingdom.     A power that could be considered supernatural is i n control of theactions of the play. Hamlet is visited on several occasions by a ghost thatoffers theory provoking information. Hamlet knows not whether to trust thespirit or disregard what he has been told. " the devil hath power Tassume apleasing shape" Hamlet apprehension that the spirit may be trying to mislead him inthe quest to find his fathers killer. Characters of the play become unsure oftheir intentions due to the odd twists of fortune that they are dealt.     Characters in the play that were so sure of their decisions becameuncertain. This uncertainty arises when the plans of characters are somehowaltered. The alterations change the fate of many characters. Polonius was killedin the wake of Hamlets plan to find his fathers killer. Hamlet had nointention to kill anyone that did not deserve it. It was by chance that Poloniuswas in the chamber of the queen when Hamlet arrived. Polonius hid behind thecurtain and was killed with a hold of a dagge r. "Time is out of joint.