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Hamlet And Truth Essay Research Paper As

Hamlet And Truth Essay, Research Paper


As the young prince of Denmark, Hamlet, tries to uncover the truth of his


father’s death, he has no one to turn to. Many of the characters within the play


appear to be genuine and honest but are really infested with evil. Not knowing


who is actually genuine and honest, Hamlet trusts no one. Shakespeare develops a


theme of appearance vs. reality where Hamlet’s dedication to the truth is


stressed in contrast to the appearance which others serve. Many of the


characters seem to hide behind masks, which give the impression they are sincere


and genuine, when in reality they are plagued with lies and evil, notably


Claudius. In order for the truth to be revealed Hamlet must disguise himself and


real motives to find out what is real and what not. From the very beginning


Hamlet questions the motives of his uncle Claudius, who has just married


Gertrude, his mother the queen. As the plays goes on he finds his father was


murdered by the newly crowned king. Hamlet cannot share his feelings with his


mother because she is literally sleeping with the enemy. This is where Hamlet’s


distrust begins. He uses the expression "shows of grief?.that a man might


play.", to develop the theme of appearance vs. reality while referring to


Claudius. He realizes that Claudius is willing to do anything to stay king of


Denmark, obviously including betraying Gertrude. Gertrude believes that Claudius


loves Hamlet, when on the contrary Claudius hates him and is plotting his


murder. Hamlet knows he cannot trus

t the other woman in his life, Ophelia,


because she has taken the side of Claudius because of her father Polonius. There


is no real reason that Polonius has given Ophelia not to trust him because


Polonius has always given the illusion of being a loving caring father. Polonius,


however, is only interested in the appearances of things. Polonius tries to


convince Ophelia that Hamlet does not love her, only lusts after her. He cannot


conceive the fact that Hamlet really does love Ophelia. Tender yourself more


dearly, Or- not to crack the wind of the poor phase, Running it thus- you’ll


tender me a fool. He thinks only of himself and shows this. He is more


interested in his public image then his daughters welfare. Polonius’ mentality


is shown through his son. His greatness weigh’d, his will is no his own; For he


himself is subject to his birth. He may not as unvalued persons do, Carve for


himself, for on his choice depends The sanity and health of the whole state


Laertes refers to Hamlet as not being a private person but a public one.


Whatever he does has public concern. Ophelia’s family is anti-Hamlet which makes


Ophelia biased and makes Hamlet not able to fully trust her. The ghost is


something else that Hamlet is not sure that he can trust. Hamlet’s has doubts


about the nature of the ghost. Hamlet realizes that if he merely ups and kills


Claudius and avenges the death of his father the ghost, he would definitely have


been tried and put to death. This would leave the people with no king, and a war


would probably break out.

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