In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the main character, Hamlet is a reluctant creature. Having to enter and act in his uncle's world, Hamlet becomes an unwilling creature of that world. When he chooses to obey the ghost's command and avenge his father, Hamlet accepts the inevitability of having to become part of this world. As the wave of original vengeful intent spreads and Hamlet is slowly but surely trapped in Claudius' brutal world through his madness, his murders, his plots, his relationships with other characters and his revelations about life and, most importantly, about death. Even before the ghost. urges Hamlet to avenge his death, Hamlet falters on the edge of his uncle's brutal world. While never evil in intent, Hamlet is simply one of the best tragic heroes. Caught between the agony of the mind and indecision, Hamlet's nature is neither treacherous like that of Claudius nor reckless like that of Laertes. This combination of values ​​only brings tragedy when someone like Hamlet suffers a fate similar to his. Before his dead father's suggestion, Hamlet is already consumed by melancholy over the loss of old Hamlet and his mother's "too hasty" marriage to Claudius. This suggests that Hamlet was already inexorably tied to his uncle's brutal world. “It is not, nor can it be successful.” (Act 1, Scene 2) Hamlet also feels jealousy towards his mother as their relationship goes beyond the normal parent/child relationship. While perhaps not sexually, their fifteen-year age difference locked them into a close-knit co-dependent relationship. "You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife, and if not, you are my mother." (Act 3, scene 4) The jealousy and hatred that Hamlet feels are close... in the middle of the sheet... d."Works Citeddelman, Janet. 1985. "Male Bonding in Shakespeare's Comedies." In Shakespeare's Rough Magic: Renaissance Essays in Honor of C. L. Barber, edited by Peter Erickson and Coppélia Kahn and London: Associated University Presses, 73-103. 1992. Smothering Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeare's Plays, from "Hamlet" to "The Tempest." London and New York: Routledge. Alexander, Nigel. 1971. Poison, Game and Duel: A Study of Hamlet : Routledge. Barber, C. L. and Wheeler, Richard P. 1986. The Whole Journey: The Power of Shakespeare Development, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press.Partridge, Eric. 1947. The Obscene of Shakespeare. London and New York: Routledge.Rubinstein, Frankie. 1984. A dictionary of Shakespeare's sexual puns and their meaning.