Surrendering to the High Power of God--My Personal Reflection After Reading Hamlet

My brother had given a talk on one of the Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet". This is a great story about 'surrendering to the Higher Power or God. I don't know if you had known the story of "Hamlet" or not. But, I will give you a synopsis of the story and explain why 'surrendering' is the best strategy for Hamlet maybe for us too.

Prince Hamlet was in a great mental agony for several reasons. His father, King Hamlet, was murdered by King's brother, Claudius, His mother, Gertrude, remarried to Claudius just 2 weeks after King's funnel, and Ghost King Hamlet told Prince Hamlet that Claudius was the true murderer of his death, and he also uncovered the true murderer through the observation of Claudius' reaction to the revise show of The Murder of Gonzago in which the play displayed the exact details as the ghost had told the prince how the king was murdered. However, as he tried to follow Claudius to avenge the murder, he found that Claudius knelt in a chapel saying prayer. The prince hesitated thinking he revenge during the time Claudius repented over his sin, he would send Claudius to Heaven instead of the Hell. The Prince went directly to his mother Gertrude to whom he despised. During a verbal quarreling, the Prince noticed some one came to her mother's bedroom. The Prince thought it was Claudius. In a great hurry, he used his sword killed the 'intruder', who was actually Polonius who was the father of his childhood buddy, Laertes, and the father of his 'lover' , Ophelia. I have a quotation mark over the 'lover' because even Opelia fell in love with the Prince, the Prince showed no interest and no respect for her. The Prince even insulted Ophelia, telling her she was a prostitute.

'King' Claudius sent the Prince exile to England for additional education. Before the journey, the King sealed a letter in an envelope and asking Prince's companions to deliver to the King of England. In the letter, King Claudius requested King of England to execute the Prince immediately. The Prince absolutely had no idea about the content of the letter.

On the trip to England from Denmark, the ship was hijacked by the Viking. The Prince thought that was the end of his fate because the Viking was notorious about how they treated the prisoner. Besides, the Viking were Norwegians whose king was just murdered by King Hamlet not long ago. To the contrary of what he had expected from the Viking, the Viking treated him with respect after the Viking searched through the Prince' belonging including the letter. The Viking gave the Prince the letter that Claudius wrote.

From that moment, the Prince had an epiphany. God knows everything. Surrendering to God, and follow God's direction. God will tell him what to do. The Prince went back to Denmark.

Meanwhile, Prince's 'lover' Ophelia committed suicide by drowning herself due to mistreatment of the Prince. The Prince's childhood buddy, Laeters was furious over the death of his father Polonius, and his sister Ophelia. Laeters challenged the Prince for a duel. King Claudius would witness the duel. Claudius knew that the Prince would win the duel easily, so he told Laeters to put poison in Laeter's sword. So, even a small cut on Prince Hamlet's body, the Prince would die.