Common Truth In Hamlet

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To begin the play Hamlet, young Hamlet of Denmark is described to be without a father. His only family left is his mother and his uncle, along with other friends and peers among the castle he lives in (Hamlet 9). Much to his disliking, his uncle weds his mother. With this awkward act of betrayal in Hamlet’s eyes, suspicion is raised on how exactly Hamlet’s father was killed. Common truth told throughout the country of Denmark tells that the former king, King Hamlet (Hamlet’s father), was killed by a poisonous snake in his garden outside the castle. But since the re-marrying of his mother, Hamlet has doubts of his father’s true cause of death. Hamlet believes that his uncle, now King Claudius of Denmark (taking his brother’s former crown by marrying his wife), murdered his father in cold blood. He would then begin an investigation …show more content…
All except for Hamlet-most of the time-he will not just accept a fact simply because that is what he is told. As for the rest of the characters, they believe King Claudius’ lies about the death of former King Hamlet. Young Hamlet then decides to take action and find the truth by attempting to deceive his uncle. Hamlet’s plan was to put on a play for his uncle. This play would reenact the way his uncle supposedly killed his father (Hamlet 45). The play was a success, Hamlet was able to figure out his uncle’s guilt. He determined that he was guilty when he ran out of the room demanding light and that he get away from the play (Hamlet 65). This was a key sign of guilt to Hamlet, now he only had to find a way to act upon this new discovery and plot his revenge. Hamlet’s investigation had succeeded. Later Hamlet would again succeed in killing his uncle as the ultimate revenge, but in the process got himself killed as well (Hamlet 119-120). But to Hamlet, he believed it was well worth it, it was for his