Hamlet Lies And Deception

Shakespeare introduces all of the deception, lying, and false appearances into his play to express the way humanity hides behind these forms. Hamlet himself is no different from any of the other characters. Deception is all around and it takes Hamlet a great deal of travesty to attain the crucial evidence he needs to incriminate his uncle Claudius and take his revenge on him.
Hamlet decides to act like he has gone mad to turn the attention away from his true intentions of gathering evidence against Claudius. Hamlet stages an elaborate play called, “The Mousetrap” to try to catch Claudius in his guilt. Claudius’s reaction to the scene where the king was murdered is undeniable proof of his guilt. Hamlet schemes to “speak daggers” to his mother, Gertrude, when he goes to meet up with her. He will emotionally harm Gertrude by speaking brutal words to her but has no intention of physically harming her. When Hamlet discovers his death warrant on the way to England he changes his name on it to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, thereby sending them to be executed in his place.
Claudius hides the fact that he murdered the king from the people.
Claudius deceives Hamlet into going to England, sending him to his death. Claudius deceives Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into unknowingly carry Hamlet’s death warrant on board. Claudius plans a dual between Hamlet and Laertes with an undull sword in hopes to kill Hamlet. Claudius also poisons the wine cup which backfires and instead kills Gertrude. In Claudius’s deception he eludes the people around him. He gains Gertrude and the kingdom by murdering the king. In sending Hamlet to his death he inevitably kills Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in his deception. In the end Claudius is killed for his deception and
treachery.
Laertes is deceived by his father Polonius when he’s given his father’s blessing to go to Paris but sends Reynaldo to spy on him. Polonius deceives Hamlet when he sets up Ophelia to meet Hamlet by accident to see whether or not Hamlet’s actions are being caused by his love for Ophelia. Polonius had Ophelia pretend to read a book to take off any suspicion Hamlet might have from her walking around alone. As Hamlet is conversing with his mother Polonius is hiding behind the curtain eavesdropping. Polonius dies for his deception when hamlet stabs him behind the curtain thinking he was the king. Ophelia deceives Hamlet by not saying anything about her father's manipulation. Fortinbras lies to his uncle about his plan to attack Denmark.