Deception In William Shakespeare's Hamlet

It can be argued that dominant ‘fatal flaw reading’ of the play The Tragedy of Hamlet; Prince of Denmark that Hamlet was simply a man of inaction, which is incorrect in that Hamlet did not act because of his religious stance on the topic of murder at the time the play was written, and this had a great deal of consequences. The Tragedy of Hamlet; Prince of Denmark, is a tragedy play written by William Shakespeare, published in 1603. The religious teachings of the time were against murder, which had a very influential impact on the decisions made by the Hamlet in his conflicted state. When Hamlet himself is viewed as a tragic hero having a fatal flaw, and the dominant reading of the play is valid, however, the religious beliefs at the time of creation need to be considered along with messages about the themes of death and deception, and why these previously mentioned themes are still able to move a reader …show more content…
Deception is a major theme in the text because it is used in many ways by Shakespeare. For example Hamlet’s act of madness is a display of deception. This deception allows readers to be part of Hamlet’s plan to act mad- this gives the reader an insight to Hamlet’s plan as well as how he was feeling because it let the reader know that Hamlet concocted this act to draw attention away from his suspicious activities as he tries to gather evidence against Claudius. Deception in Hamlet shows the readers that deception never has a happy ending, and that it overall will have a negative impact on any person’s life; take Hamlet for example. Hamlet was not asking for trouble, he lived his everyday life until he started to deceit the people around him which had negative repercussions. Therefore deception was a significant theme in Hamlet because of its frequent use in the play and the effect it had on its