Before I Forget – Slipknot. 

            Slipknot’s “Before I Forget” can demonstrate the anger Hamlet felt against his uncle when he finally discovered that he was the assassin of his father. After Hamlet asked the actors to perform the Murder of Gonzago in front of king Claudius, he realized by his attitude that the ghost of his father was being honest. Hamlet’s anguish and doubt became anger and hatred after discovering the truth. He needed to avenge the dead of his father. In his mind the only reasonable solution for the problem in which he was immersed was to put an end to the existence and reign of his perverted uncle. After Hamlet discovered that, he found his uncle praying and thought about killing him in that instant. However, killing him in while he was praying would meant that the soul of his uncle was not going to be punished in the afterlife as he desired. The song borrows a very famous quote from Niccolo Machiavelli: “My end, it justifies my means.” This can be connected to Hamlet because the strategies he was using were not very common, however, they were justified. He needed to act before he forgot about his father. He needed revenge; he needed to honour the memory of his father.