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
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