Theme Of Irrational Behavior In Hamlet

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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, Hamlet allows his desire for revenge to cause him to behave irrationally. Throughout the play, ever since Hamlet is told about his father’s death, he becomes engulfed with hate and revenge. This type of behavior causes some tensions to rise between everyone else he is involved with. He doesn’t seem to care throughout the entirety of the play. He goes off in his own little bubble and doesn’t realize the effect it’s had on Ophelia and his own mother. The only thing he cares about is getting revenge on his uncle, who he believes is responsible for his father’s death. With the thought of revenge circling in his mind, all his rational judgements have gone out the door. It’s all he ever thinks about and ends up going completely mad. Hamlet’s irrational behavior, which is …show more content…
Hamlet’s irrational behavior, which is called from his unhealthy desire of revenge on his uncle, is explained using principles of behavioral economics. No matter what we go through, there always seems to be a little trigger that can change how we act around people and who we are as a person. Since Hamlet is faced with the thought of his uncle killing his father, he is clouded with revenge. And as always, with that kind of thinking, he ends up completely alienating himself from everyone else. Using Behavioral Economics, it shows how one can go completely off the grid and ignore the efforts of the people around them. Hamlet thinks his ways are the correct way to fix a problem when really they aren’t. Ariely and Gladwell have shown me how one acts the way they are and how it eventually affects everyone around them. An act of revenge will always be kept in the back of the mind and can affect the person up until the act is completed. Hamlet is consumed with the thought of revenge that it clouds all his rational decisions and behaviors. He thought his desire for revenge would end in a good thing but really just ended up badly and gets everyone
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