And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven;
And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd:
A villain kills my father; and for that,
I, his sole son, do this same villain send
To heaven.
O, this is hire and salary, not revenge.
He took my father grossly, full of bread;
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May;
And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
But in our circumstance and course of thought,
'Tis heavy with him: and am I then revenged,
To take him in the purging of his soul,
When he is fit and season'd for his passage?
No!
Up, sword; and know thou a more horrid hent:
When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,
Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed;
At gaming, swearing, or about some act
That has no relish of salvation in't;
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven,
And that his soul may be as damn'd and black
As hell, whereto it goes"(Act 3, Scene II)
Claudius reacted just as I thought he would to the play I devised. Once Lucianus poisoned the king, Claudius jumped up and called for the lights. He stormed out of the room, and Horatio confirmed my suspicions that Claudius had started when Lucianus poured the poison in his ear. I had resolved to kill Claudius on the first chance that I had, however, fate did not have the same plan in mind. When I first had a shot at avenging my father, Claudius was kneeling in prayer. I could not bring myself to kill him for he surely would have went straight to Heaven, and I would have been doing him a huge favor. I have decided to wait until Claudius is committing some sinful deed, so that he will go straight to hell and not have a chance at reaching Heaven.
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