In Hamlet by William Shakespeare, although Hamlet is the prince of Denmark, he has little control over the situation in his motherland. His father died and his mother married his uncle, Claudius, who succeeded his father. While Hamlet is still in mourning, the ghost of his father comes to tell him that he has been killed by Claudius. Young Hamlet, called to take revenge, is confined to the country of Denmark and does not act. Throughout the play, Hamlet feels increasingly trapped by the confinement imposed by King Claudius, by his father's order to take revenge, and by his own thoughts; it is only when Hamlet is able to free himself from his own mind that he is able to act and escape these limitations. Hamlet is trapped physically and fleetingly by outside forces, the authority of King Claudius and King Hamlet's call for vengeance. For King Claudius, Hamlet, the old king's son, poses a threat. Pretending to care about Hamlet, Claudius ordered him to stay in Denmark: “For your intention/In returning to school in Wittenberg,/It is very retrograde to our desire,/And we beseech you: bend to remain/Here, in the joy and comfort of our eyes” (1.2.112-116). Here, the phrase "our eye" suggests that Hamlet is being watched, which rejects Hamlet's request to return to Wittenberg for school and orders him to remain under his eye. that Hamlet is not capable of doing anything that could harm him. Hamlet is physically bound to the country of Denmark under the authority of Claudius. In addition to physical imprisonment, he is also trapped on the run. The ghost of King Hamlet seems to say so. Hamlet that it was Claudius who killed him. The Ghost asks Hamlet to “avenge his vile and most unnatural murder” (1.5.25). the most powerful force that controls him. When Hamlet finally finds power in his thoughts rather than entrapment, he is able to control outside forces and complete his revenge. At the end of the play, Hamlet is dead, which is his final release from all confinements. Hamlet's death is peaceful and he asks Horatio to stay alive and tell his story. Throughout the play, Hamlet does not tell anyone what he has done except Horatio. He learned that everyone becomes dust after death unless people remember him. Having Horatio to tell his story, Hamlet can live after his death. Thus, Hamlet is freed from the physical end. Works CitedShakespeare, William. Literature “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”: an introduction to reading and writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. 9th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. Print