Dishonesty In Hamlet

The literal meaning is that people tell lies throughout the play in order to mislead others. The symbolic meaning depicts the corrosive effect that dishonesty has caused to the state of Denmark. “The whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused” (Shakespeare, Brooke, & Crawford, 1992) (Page 29, Scene five, Act one). The poison symbolizes the lies that have transformed the state into rottenness, a land that was once pure.

Question two

The soliloquies that the play delivers are of great importance since they give the reader a direct look at what is happening in the mind of the tortured prince. They talk about the internal struggle about the nature of life and death that the Prince is dealing with.

Question three

Yes, I agree. None of the tragic outcomes that occurred later would have occurred in the event Hamlet had acted promptly and decisively the way he had promised the ghost. His inability to act promptly is what led to several innocent deaths including his own sad demise. For instance, Hamlet had a great opportunity to kill Claudius but he couldn’t. He gives an excuse that Claudius was at prayer. “Now might I do it pat, now he is praying; and now I'll do it. And so he goes to heaven; and so am I revenged” (Shakespeare, Brooke, & Crawford, 1992). (Page 83, Scene 3, Act three). Such events are indications of his tendencies towards inactions that lead to his downfall.

Hamlet’s perceived sense of insanity is the result of an act by Queen Gertrude and King Claudius. The two characters play rather important roles of their own by acting to be benevolent and innocent when they were actually the people who killed Hamlet’s