Hamlet is the dramatic play of a son who tries to make the death of his father right. Death is never something that one can erase from memory, but many people try to take actions that will validate the death of their loved one. Whether it is putting blame on the person for doing this to you, or putting the blame on yourself, death causes uncontrollable emotions. In Hamlet’s case, he finds revenge through means of deception to be what helps him cope with the tragic death. He uses a facade and anger towards Claudius and Gertrude to drive his actions. However, he is not the only one using deception in the aftermath of the death of the King. Due to Hamlets seeming scheme, Claudius becomes weary and puts on a concerned parent act to hide is fear of Hamlet’s knowledge. Deception in appearance is key to Hamlet and Claudius’s survival,
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Although the audience gets one before Hamlet, when Claudius says to himself, “Than is my deed to my most painted word. O heavy burden!” (III, I, 61-62) There is guilt in Claudius’s soliloquy for killing his brother, but only because he fears Hamlet can see through his fakeness. He is right to believe so because Hamlet, with his obsessive examination, becomes wary of the ghost being the manipulative devil, so he plans a play to be shown, mirroring the murder of his father. Meanwhile, suspicious of the disposition of Hamlet, Claudius acts as though he is a caring father figure asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, “And can you by no drift of conference get from him why he puts on this confusion, Grating so harshly all his days of quiet with turbulent and dangerous lunacy?” (III, I, 1-4) To shield his anxiety that Hamlet is onto his inexcusable deed, Claudius takes the role of the concerned parent. Without knowledge of each other’s façade, Claudius and Hamlets pursue one another in characters contrary to their true
Although the audience gets one before Hamlet, when Claudius says to himself, “Than is my deed to my most painted word. O heavy burden!” (III, I, 61-62) There is guilt in Claudius’s soliloquy for killing his brother, but only because he fears Hamlet can see through his fakeness. He is right to believe so because Hamlet, with his obsessive examination, becomes wary of the ghost being the manipulative devil, so he plans a play to be shown, mirroring the murder of his father. Meanwhile, suspicious of the disposition of Hamlet, Claudius acts as though he is a caring father figure asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, “And can you by no drift of conference get from him why he puts on this confusion, Grating so harshly all his days of quiet with turbulent and dangerous lunacy?” (III, I, 1-4) To shield his anxiety that Hamlet is onto his inexcusable deed, Claudius takes the role of the concerned parent. Without knowledge of each other’s façade, Claudius and Hamlets pursue one another in characters contrary to their true