5 Stages of Vengeance

Brittney Vasquez
March 2, 2012
Mrs. Neigut
Pd. 3

5 Stages of Vengeance

         It can't be my father's ghost, no! It's not possible. With news such as this? My uncle, responsible for his death? His...MURDER? I refuse to believe it! If my uncle were so deceiving and so evil, then my mother would see that, would she not? If I know my own mother well enough. This ghost cannot possibly be telling the truth. This is not how my father has died. This is not my father!
         This is an outrage! My UNCLE? MY UNCLE! What in God's name! Who does he think he is?! Why in the world, what has my father done to deserve this? Death? By such horror...to think, that I could be fooled? Me! Hamlet! Alas, I have been. This is most disappointing. Never have I ever felt so betrayed. By my own flesh and blood.
         This is most unfortunate...what am I to do after hearing such news? Oh Divines, shall I pray to thee? If I pray for Claudius' exilement, I shall me most forever in your debt. Shall I sell my soul to the unholy one for such betrayal as this? If you do not do this for me? I beg of thee to exploit my uncle for his ways, for my entire devotion and respect for this wretched humankind.
         My father is dead, my father is dead! My mother, my dear mother, blindly married to his murderer. I have never felt so betrayed and alone. Did she not love my father as true as she says she did? Why would she do this to him? To me? My heart is most fragile and broken. Even Ophelia is spurning me as we speak. I feel as if humanity has abandoned me. What have I done to deserve this punishment?
         I know now that avoiding this situation is inevitable. I must deal with this my own way. I will seek vengeance for my father's murder. Claudius will pay for his sins. I shall catch him off guard and trap him in a dark room. Then I shall wax off his body hair section by section and make him confess his actions with Horatio as my witness. Claudius' punishment will be death! If not, but what should happen if this plan were to fail? I would suffer the same sentence as Claudius if he got caught. Would anyone besides Horatio take my side on this? I must take this risk, as my father's soul and the kingdom of Denmark depend on this.