HAMLET

HAMLET

1. CORRUPTION

   • “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” - Marcellus 1.4.90
     • The unnatural death of King Hamlet has disrupted the GCOB. Foreshadows the series of events that take place as a consequence
   • “It will but skin and film the ulcerous place, whiles rank corruption, mining all within, infects unseen... And do not spread the compost on the weeds to make them ranker.” - Hamlet 3.4.149-154
     • • Motif of Denmark being an unweeded garden
       • Rhyming couplet is disturbed

2. INACTION

3. REVENGE

4. CHAIN OF BEING

   • "What piece of work is a man… in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god… Man delights not me - nor woman neither" - Hamlet 2.3.290
     • H talks about humans being incredible things. Actions are angelic and understanding like a god. Yet H doesn't take interest in men or women
       • Actions are innocent and wholesome