Hamlet Is A Loyal Councilor To Claudius

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Throughout the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet learns the truth of his father’s recent death. He learns that his fathers death was no accident, and that his uncle, his fathers brother, is his father murder. As the play goes on Hamlet promises to avenge his father’s murderer, his uncle and newly crowned king, Claudius. Covered by this veil the characters give the appearance of being honest and sincere but on the other side of the veil they are polluted with dishonesty and tricky. As the plat goes on it shows that Hamlet is not the only one trying to appear to be doing one thing but has another motive. "Polonius appears to be a loyal councilor to Claudius, honest trusting man and a caring father to Laertes and Ophelia when in reality, …show more content…

Hamlet in the beginning of the play finds out about how his father truly died and begins to devise a plan to avenge his father. Just so happen his plan is to be crazy. Hamlet first begins acting crazy when he goes into Ophelia’s sewing rooms and starts sniffing her, this little act of crazy has Polonius thinking hamlet is mad with love for Ophelia and began occasionally spying on Hamlet. Hamlets friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent so spy on him by the king but hamlet sees through the cleaver plan and just continues to act mad around his school friends, and tells them that he is "I am but mad north-north-west" (BOOK). Polonius, the Queen, and the king come up with a plan to try and see how hamlet feels about Ophelia. They all watch while Ophelia waits for hamlet to pass by Hamlet and Ophelia speak about their relationship but hamlet say he never loved Ophelia because he knows someone is listening so he must act mad. Hamlets has rewritten a scene in a play that was being preformed in the castle to match the way King Hamlet tells hamlet he was killed. While watching the play hamlet sees that the kings reactions is just what he wants it to be. Guilt. But its at this moment in the play hamlet tries to warn someone about all the things happening. Hamlet goes up to Ophelia after the play and says "believe none of this"(BOOK). While a lot of things could have been …show more content…

Polonius death is some what a butterfly affect. Once Hamlet kills Polonius is when the whole play shifts and Hamlet truly does seem mad. After Polonius death Ophelia goes mad herself expect she’s is not acting but is truly mad. Her madness eventually leads to her death by suicide in the river. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent by the king to England with Hamlet to have Hamlet killed because he has killed Polonius. While sleeping Hamlets changes the letters so that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hand England their own death warrants. Hamlet then returns to Denmark to find out about Ophelia’s death and to see that Laertes is back home and knows the truth of his fathers murder and wants to duel with Hamlet.. Laertes and the king have plans to poison the tip of his sword so that with any single cut Hamlet would be dead. Laertes cannot cut him during the dual So the king tries to offer Hamlet a drink of poisoned wine but Hamlet refuses. Laertes finally gets frustrated and walks up and just cuts Hamlet but just before this Gertrude accidently drinks from the wine glass meant for Hamlet and hints to Hamlet that the king did it. Hamlet with rage runs a sword into the kings chest and forces him to drink the same wine that killed his mother. Moments later Hamlet himself falls over and passes

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