Hamlet's Black HumorHamlet's black humor is the direct result of too much anger: it leads to alienation and ultimately the death of the people who know him, and ultimately causes his own anger. death. First, Hamlet's reaction to his mother's wedding right after Old Hamlet's funeral shows that his anger distances him from his mother. Secondly, his reaction to Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is his indirect anger towards the world, because Hamlet feels that everyone is betraying him and using him. Finally, the anger towards Gertrude is expressed in conversations with Ophelia that ultimately lead to her death. Hamlet tells Horatio that the food served at the funeral will be the same as the food served at his mother's wedding. "The meats cooked in the funeral oven coldly furnished the wedding tables." (Act 1, scene 11, line 180) It shows that Hamlet is really upset that his mother married his uncle the day after his father died. Later in the story, he loses his temper with his mother. “Mother, for your love of grace, do not give your soul a flattering action, this not...