Hamlet ever loved his father he will) Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. Hamlet is possessed with waiting for the right opportunity to commit murder upon King Claudius, even passing up open opportunities when the king is knelt deep in prayer but changes his mind. He reasons that if the King is killed in prayer he will go to heaven, and he will wait for a time when he can catch him in the middle of sin so he will for sure send the king to hell. If fact, Hamlet waits so long to tell anyone or to do anything about the revenge he swore to his fathers ghost, he begins to question his courage, knowing he has been all talk and no action. Hamlet also decides that before he takes his revenge, he will find out for himself if the ghost is telling the truth. He stages the play and sees in the kings reaction to the similar set of circumstances that he was involved. When the time comes for Hamlet to take action against the King, he agrees to a fencing match with Laertes. Claudius and Laertes conspire to kill Hamlet with poison in his drink and poison on Laertes sword. Hamlet finally sees his chance for revenge after the Queen drinks the poisoned wine and Laertes and Hamlet are both mortally wounded. Plunging his sword into the King, his uncle, and his father and mothers murderer wasnt enough revenge for Hamlet. He gets the poisoned wine and pours it down the Kings throat, before falling to his own death.After Matt Fowler returns from burying his sons killer and abandoning his car at an apartment building on the other side of town, he goes home to his wife and tells her the whole story. He is still in shock, only relaying the incidents of the long night because his wife needed to know. Matt Fowler was proud of what he had done. He had avenged his sons death by planning and killing another, and he had rid the world of Richard Strout. For Fowler, revenge indeed in a dish served cold. Though he found the nerve to seek his revenge, ...
