Revenge is Hamlet's primary motivation in this play, and any attempt at redemption on his part is secondary to that goal. After setting in motion his plan to "enact an antiquated arrangement," there are several times when he behaves strangely or cruelly and then has to backtrack in hopes of redeeming himself. Jefferson, however, works in the right direction to redeem himself when in the beginning he acted not much better than a pig and over time he is redeeming himself by becoming more civilized, respectable and honorable with the way he behaves. Jefferson, with Grant's help, becomes a man for his community to look up to because of his strength to realize what faith has in store for him. Hamlet takes faith into his own hands and is blinded by hatred and the thought of revenge. Jefferson neither liked nor agreed with his faith, but he realized that everything happens for a reason and it's how you react in the worst of times that people