Most people live their lives based on assumptions made yet, we should be wiser and figure out the true intentions behind all these masks people wear. William Shakespeare explores this idea in Hamlet, a play about the son of the king of Denmark who was murdered by his own brother, Claudius. Claudius then married his brother's wife only a month after the murder and for this reason he’s not only the uncle but, also the stepfather of Hamlet, the prince of Denmark. Throughout the play, Hamlet will pretend to be crazy in order to discover the truth and revenge his father's death. Because the characters from the play appear to be one thing while in reality they’re a whole different person, it seems that Shakespeare is arguing that we should be extremely cautious of people since they tend to wear facades and not
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When you break his facade, you can see that in reality Claudius is a deceiving liar. He decides to not mention what he had done to the king because most likely he wouldn’t receive the same forgiveness he was expecting from god, therefore he chooses to live a false life by appearing to be someone who he is not around his friends and family. As part of Claudius facade actions he uses Hamlet’s friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to check up on Hamlet and be able to figure out the real reason why Hamlet has been acting mad. Hamlet asks his friends to tell him the cause of their presence and Rosencrantz replies, “To visit you, my lord; no other occasion” (2:2:63) but Hamlet wasn’t convinced and told them, “I know the good king and queen have sent you… be even and direct with me, whether you were sent for or no?” (2:2:63). By Hamlet informing them, he was aware his so called friends Guildenstern confesses, “My lord, we were sent for” (2:2:63). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were more like employees than true friends because they obeyed what Claudius wanted them to do instead of actually caring for
When you break his facade, you can see that in reality Claudius is a deceiving liar. He decides to not mention what he had done to the king because most likely he wouldn’t receive the same forgiveness he was expecting from god, therefore he chooses to live a false life by appearing to be someone who he is not around his friends and family. As part of Claudius facade actions he uses Hamlet’s friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to check up on Hamlet and be able to figure out the real reason why Hamlet has been acting mad. Hamlet asks his friends to tell him the cause of their presence and Rosencrantz replies, “To visit you, my lord; no other occasion” (2:2:63) but Hamlet wasn’t convinced and told them, “I know the good king and queen have sent you… be even and direct with me, whether you were sent for or no?” (2:2:63). By Hamlet informing them, he was aware his so called friends Guildenstern confesses, “My lord, we were sent for” (2:2:63). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were more like employees than true friends because they obeyed what Claudius wanted them to do instead of actually caring for