There are many people who experience dramatic change after going through difficult times. A person's perspective can change completely from one experience. That person can change so much that other people might think he or she has gone crazy. In Williams Shakespeare's Hamlet, a character called Hamlet goes through a dramatic change that turns his entire life upside down. Hamlet is the son of the king of Denmark. He has no responsibility and can do whatever he wants. He is immature and has little interest in complicated things, but everything changes when his father is murdered. He is forced to mature and face things he has never faced before. His attitude and perspective are completely changed and the reader finds out what Hamlet is made of. Hamlet shows that although trials can be frustrating and even devastating at times, they can also be very helpful in strengthening our character and revealing our mental, spiritual, and physical strength. Life is good for Hamlet, until his father, King of Denmark, is murdered. His father's spirit comes to him and tells Hamlet to avenge his death. Hamlet needs to step up and become mature. The reader sees here what Hamlet is really made of. The reader sees him not only as a lazy and weak person, but as a courageous man. He may have fallen victim to his bad experience, but he chooses to overcome it and do as his father's ghost says. Here Christians can learn an important lesson from Hamlet. Christians should understand that when they go through a difficult time, they should not give up and become a victim. They have to be like Hamlet and overcome the bad experience. Just as Hamlet decides to do what his father's spirit says, Christians should do what God says. At first Hamlet has a bit of a hard time about whether or not to listen to the ghost. He's not sure if that's really his father's spirit. The internal struggles he is going through make his mother, Gertrude, and some others worry about him. He finally decides that it is indeed his father's spirit and sets out to avenge him. The reader can learn from Hamlet's hesitations in that one must not falter when tested. His father's spirit tells Hamlet that it was Claudius, King Hamlet's brother, who killed him by pouring poison into his ear..
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