Hamlet has a few notable themes that occur several times within the story. One of the more common themes is deception throughout the play. From my experience of reading shakespeare throughout my liberty high school career, we as readers are alway given some insight to what is truly going on. In general, one must always be wary of the truth because quite often it is manipulated to serve the needs of any person who requires the truth to be on their side. For example, Claudius murders Hamlet's father by poisoning him. He later deceives the kingdom into believing his brother was killed by a venomous snake bite. This deception has benefitted claudius as he is ordained the new king and also marries his brother's widow. At the same time, Claudius
