Deception In William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Hamlet is a play written by Shakespeare in the early 1600’s. The play is a tragedy based around Hamlet’s life and all of the troubles he undergoes after having an encounter with his deceased father. When Hamlet’s father does encounter him, he tells him that he has been betrayed and killed by his own brother. Soon after being told this, Hamlet goes mad thinking about how he will get revenge on his uncle Claudius. Hamlet soon becomes obsessed with the thought of revenge on his uncle Claudius. Hamlet’s strong desire for it guides the play along and just so happens to relate to our society’s obsession with revenge today. Right from the beginning of the play the reader sees Hamlet wanting to seek revenge from his uncle after hearing the ghost of
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Deception is first shown from the start of the play when the reader finds out that Claudius has gone against his brother King Hamlet. It is also shown when Gertrude has remarried unexpectedly soon after her husband’s death. This affects how Hamlet sees his mother and causes some of the madness Hamlet portrays throughout the play. Later in the play the reader then sees that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have secretly agreed to spy on Hamlet, therefore ruining the “friendship” that Hamlet thought he shared with the both of them. Polonius is deceitful to Hamlet and later pays the price for it. When Polonius is secretly hiding behind the curtain to listen in on a conversation shared between Gertrude and Hamlet, Hamlet begins to drag around Gertrude, thinking that he would be helping her, Polonius yells for help. In doing this Hamlet believes King Claudius is the one behind the curtain and kills Polonius (Act 3 Scene 4). Deception can be seen in the real world today with many different kinds of relationships. Many times deception can cause the end of a friendship or perhaps even a divorce in a relationship. This can happen when someone intentionally knows what they are doing is potentially wrong and could hurt the other person. The reader can relate this kind of deception to Claudius and Hamlet’s father, and even towards the end of the play when Gertrude goes to drink from the cup that Claudius knows is poisoned. (Act
Deception is first shown from the start of the play when the reader finds out that Claudius has gone against his brother King Hamlet. It is also shown when Gertrude has remarried unexpectedly soon after her husband’s death. This affects how Hamlet sees his mother and causes some of the madness Hamlet portrays throughout the play. Later in the play the reader then sees that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have secretly agreed to spy on Hamlet, therefore ruining the “friendship” that Hamlet thought he shared with the both of them. Polonius is deceitful to Hamlet and later pays the price for it. When Polonius is secretly hiding behind the curtain to listen in on a conversation shared between Gertrude and Hamlet, Hamlet begins to drag around Gertrude, thinking that he would be helping her, Polonius yells for help. In doing this Hamlet believes King Claudius is the one behind the curtain and kills Polonius (Act 3 Scene 4). Deception can be seen in the real world today with many different kinds of relationships. Many times deception can cause the end of a friendship or perhaps even a divorce in a relationship. This can happen when someone intentionally knows what they are doing is potentially wrong and could hurt the other person. The reader can relate this kind of deception to Claudius and Hamlet’s father, and even towards the end of the play when Gertrude goes to drink from the cup that Claudius knows is poisoned. (Act