Theme Of Dishonesty In Hamlet

Register to read the introduction… The use of deception is created throughout the play on numerous occasions such as the staging of the Murder of Gonzago shows Hamlet trying to get Claudius to confess, ultimately Hamlets false display of Insanity creates deception in itself by drawing attention away from his true motives, and when Claudius lies to everyone in the speech pertaining to the murder of the King of Denmark.
Ultimately Hamlets actions created deception by drawing attention away from his real motives by displaying false insanity. Hamlet only pretends to be insane in order to deceive the rest of the characters with the exception of Horatio in order to achieve his goal so he may claim vengeance over the murdering of his father in cold blood. His apparent madness is a concept that he created to blind the other characters in a clever rues, so in laymen terms he is fully aware and conscious of his own actions so that he may mislead others into thinking that he is insane in order to hide his true motives for revenge. Hamlet’s deceptive plan becomes apparent in the play when he fore warns Horatio about any odd behavior that he may display in the near future as told when “Here, as before, never, so help you mercy, How strange or odd sooner I bear myself, As I, perchance, hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on, That you, at such times seeing me, never shall, With arms encumbered thus, or this head-shake, Or by pronouncing of some doubtful …show more content…
“Give him a heedful note for I mine eyes will rivet to his face, and after we will both our judgments join in censure of his seeming.” By Hamlet telling Horatio to watch Claudius’s facial expressions during the play especially, he has revealed his true motives of his actions that involves Hamlet’s interest of staging the play and any changes made to the to trick Claudius into show his guilt in the murder by watching his facial expressions especially during the murder scenes to see if he shows any signs of guilt towards the murder. Hamlet was able to create deception with the Murder of Gonzago by of course picking a play that is already itself is already very similar to the murder of his father and he made changes to play to make it even more similar to the murder based on what the ghost for his father told him.
When Hamlet schemes to mislead Gertrude in the meeting the closet. “Soft! Now to my mother. O heart, lose not thy nature; let not ever The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom: Let me be cruel, not unnatural: I will speak daggers to her, but use none; My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites; How in my words so ever she be shent, To give them seals never, my soul, consent!”