Hamlet

"Hamlet" is a widely-known literary work that deals with revenge. Revenge is one of the evil natures within us. We seek harm to those who hurt us and the novel "Hamlet" portrays this very well. We don't act out our anger explicitly but many times we "murder" others internally. Based on Freud, Claudius is mainly surrounded by the pleasure principle, id. He killed his own brother for his desire to be king and married his sister-in-law out of lust. Such actions of an adult are unacceptable in society. A matured man would not commit himself to solely fulfill his desires and needs. He would consider others as well, meaning to have a balance between his id and ego, the reality principle. His lack of such equilibrium brought tragedy for the entire family.