However, Hamlet senses that the ghost might be his late father’s spirit and therefore disregards his companions’ warnings and follows it. Hamlet clearly knows about the dangers of following the ghost, as it could be a devil in disguise and easily take Hamlet’s life. He is not afraid to follow the ghost in the fourth scene of the first act.
Not only does Hamlet’s courageousness show in his mission of revenge, it is conveyed in other incidences in the play. Hamlet’s murder of these three characters reflect great courage because by doing so he had to overcome his religious belief that murder is a sin and live up to the challenge of purifying the court. Even though Hamlet may sound cold and heartless, it is not so because in Hamlet’s perspective, he was merely trying to rid the court of corrupted fools as it is part of his scheme of purifying the court. 58), even after he has ordered the killing of the two.
Also, Hamlet tells Horatio that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern “are not near conscience” (V. His reaction upon realizing that he had killed Polonius was not one of utter shock or one of regret instead, Hamlet proclaims farewell to the “wretched, rash, intruding fool” (I. Though he does not consciously announce his goal to root out the corruption in the court, it can be seen through his reactions after killing Polonius and manipulating the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. He believes that his mission is not only to kill Claudius, but to kill corruption as well. After being given a mission of revenge by his late father’s ghost young Hamlet not only accepts it, but also expands the mission to include purifying the whole court. Hamlet’s courageousness is shown through many aspects.
It is his courageousness and nobility that lead him through his revenge, virtually unscathed by the corruption of the court. Stranded in the middle of a court full of corruption, faced with his father’s death and his mother’s almost immediate remarriage, Hamlet somehow comes out of it a hero in the reader’s minds. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, young Hamlet is obviously the hero of the play. Why Hamlet is a Hero A literary hero is someone who displays feats of nobility along with courage.
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