Some people think Prince Hamlet has gone crazy, but really he is the only sane person in Denmark. Shakespeare has created a world in Hamlet where most characters are sane on the outside but crazy on the inside. One night, Hamlet is told by the ghost that is in the figure form of his father, King Hamlet, that he was murdered by his Uncle Claudius. Hamlet is skeptical about the ghost on whether he is telling the truth or not. Later on, Hamlet creates a play about the murder of his father to see how King Claudius will react. Based on the reaction of King Claudius during certain scenes in the play, Hamlet will know if the ghost was being truthful. Due to King Claudius’s corruption, Polonius’s family and those loyal to Claudius are destroyed by corruption.
King Claudius’s corruption is the reason why King Hamlet is dead. The ghost tells Hamlet, “The serpent that did