To be, or not to be, that is the question.” This quote is one of the most popular quotes in William Shakespeare’s entire career. This man was a man of brilliance in his day, and his legacy lives on in his beautifully written, countless masterpieces that withstand the test of time. William Shakespeare is most well known for two things: drama and comedy. In several of his most famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, and Hamlet, universal themes such as love, deception, and manipulation
greed, individual or national, cause most of our problems.” The character in the play who expressed selfishness was King Claudius. King Claudius is selfish because he wants money and power. King Claudius showed selfishness when he did not want to kill Hamlet because it would ruin his reputation. Another way he expressed selfishness, was when Polonius was killed. He did not acknowledge his death or worried about Queen Gertrude's safety, which showed how self-centered he was. Lastly, when Hamlet encounters
and philosophical. Claudius is quite the opposite. As Hamlet says, the two are “A little more than kin, and less than kind.” (I, ii, 65). Religion plays a large part in the morals to Hamlet and Claudius. The two are very different is their opinion on what is right and wrong. Hamlet is proven to be
affair with his brother’s wife to fulfil his lust he then kill’s his brother in order to fulfil his creed for the crown, the blame falls on Hamlet. Now this Essay will discuss the Tragic flaw of Hamlet which simply put he was indecisive in his plan to kill Polonius to avenge his father’s death, and discuss how his flaw affected all of these characters death’s and is the central cause of every one of