The State of Denmark
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (Shakespear, 67). In the beginning of Hamlet this is said to represent what has happened and what will happen and how it is slowly destroying Denmark. A ghost appears claiming to be the murdered King and commands his son Hamlet to seek his revenge. Hamlet is told that Claudius the new King was the murderer. The Human condition, defines a man's ability to act in certain conflicting times through his own inability to act. When hamlet first hears of this news instead of leaping at Claudius at first sight he takes his time and puts careful consideration and judgment to finding out if Claudius really is the murderer of his father. Since the first sight of the ghost all of Hamlets actions have slowly began to destroy the Kingdom of Denmark.
After Hamlet met with the ghost of his father he began to think up ways to make Claudius confess to his murder. Hamlet planned a play reliving the exact events of his father's......
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