Throughout the events in Shakespeare's Hamlet Claudius’ hand has worked its way throughout Elsinore, deceiving its inhabitants for his own greedy ambitions. In his attempts to further himself he has remained directly responsible for death of Old Hamlet and all the events which unfold during the duration of the play. Claudius’ manipulative grasp encompassed Denmark and sent the castle into a spiraling descent of madness and utter chaos.
Money, power, and love, Claudius desired these things so greatly that he went to such radical lengths as to murder his own brother, Old Hamlet, the king of Denmark. Nothing stood in his way, he could marry Gertrude, claim the throne and gain the riches of a king, except until Hamlet began acting as a threat …show more content…
If Polonius had never been killed Ophelia would have never drowned herself in the lake. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would have never been put to death in England if Claudius hadn't attempted to put a stop to Hamlet the first time. If Polonius and Ophelia weren't killed Laertes wouldn't have had an unquenchable revenge against Hamlet which resulted in the deaths of Hamlet, Gertrude and himself. This immense domino effect caused by Claudius deception not only ended the lives of all those key figures in Elsinore, with the exception of Horatio, but also the life of Claudius himself. His manipulation pitted everyone against one another until he had no one left to blame.
Claudius' greed has no end, he wants forgiveness and is feels guilty for his vile deeds but cannot let go of the money and power he got out of killing Old Hamlet. He tries to pray for reconciliation with God but is simply unable to. He could not lose what he has worked to hard to achieve, he had to everything in his power to continue to dig deeper and deeper into his bottomless pit of deception until and he has no options left but to drag everyone around him down with
Money, power, and love, Claudius desired these things so greatly that he went to such radical lengths as to murder his own brother, Old Hamlet, the king of Denmark. Nothing stood in his way, he could marry Gertrude, claim the throne and gain the riches of a king, except until Hamlet began acting as a threat …show more content…
If Polonius had never been killed Ophelia would have never drowned herself in the lake. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would have never been put to death in England if Claudius hadn't attempted to put a stop to Hamlet the first time. If Polonius and Ophelia weren't killed Laertes wouldn't have had an unquenchable revenge against Hamlet which resulted in the deaths of Hamlet, Gertrude and himself. This immense domino effect caused by Claudius deception not only ended the lives of all those key figures in Elsinore, with the exception of Horatio, but also the life of Claudius himself. His manipulation pitted everyone against one another until he had no one left to blame.
Claudius' greed has no end, he wants forgiveness and is feels guilty for his vile deeds but cannot let go of the money and power he got out of killing Old Hamlet. He tries to pray for reconciliation with God but is simply unable to. He could not lose what he has worked to hard to achieve, he had to everything in his power to continue to dig deeper and deeper into his bottomless pit of deception until and he has no options left but to drag everyone around him down with