Donahue's The price of revenge on a man who is in repentance!!!

 

               Revenge is the act of inflicting harm on someone for an wrong suffered at their hands. The bible says in Roman 12:19 " beloved, never avenge yourselves but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord". Besides from what the Bible says about killing a fellow human being, I believe that killing someone is the most evil thing a man can do. Hamlet plot to revenge his father by killing his uncle came to a halt when his uncle started to repent of his sins. Hamlet decided not to kill his uncle while he was repenting because he know that his uncle would go to heaven, rather than suffer in hell. I believe that Hamlet hesitation to kill Claudius showed his knowledge of the after life and that he was not a cold hearted person. I once thought that man was the evilest thing that walked the face of the earth but Hamlet decision proved me wrong. Hamlet decision was the right move because if he did kill Claudius, he would go to Heaven and Hamlet would have to answer to God at the gate about why he killed him when he was repenting. Revenging someone death is just as cold as killing someone for what they have in my opinion.

              Other than the consequences of sending Claudius to heaven, Hamlet life was at stake because if he killed Claudius his soul would be condemned. The fact that everyone already thought that Hamlet was crazy this would only give them more reason to believe that. In all honesty I don't think you should kill  anyone no matter what the reasons are because you will be the one that has to answer to God rather than them answering to him. The biggest reason to why Hamlet waited was that he wanted Claudius to suffer through all the pain his father was suffering through. My biggest reason to why I would let him wait would be that if I kill him I would be in the same position as him later on. The scene shows that we are all humans and that there is a high being that we have to apology to, hoping to be forgiven. It also shows that Claudius knew that his life was coming to an end, so it is better for him to repent now before it is too late. The scene gives me an understanding on how all human beings behave when it comes down to a life and death situation. To be honest Hamlet seem to not understand the bible all that well because there are tones of messages in the bible about why revenge is wrong and hateful.