Hamlet Manipulation Analysis

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The sickness of manipulation

In Hamlet this playwright of “william shakespeare 's” ,Young Hamlet is a man surrounded by deceit and must choose to give into the manipulation or make it his own path. Shakespeare had a sun named Hamlet who passed away who theorist say this is the main point as to why he wrote this dramatic tragedy. In this play King Hamlet is murdered by his brother claudius and it is up to young prince hamlet to end cladiouse raine. Hamlet 's mother and Ophelia also experience the poisoned dagger of manipulation to act on what she believed is right. Throughout this book Cladiouse manipulates people to make sure hamlet stays under control, he even manipulates Laertes to murder Hamlet. However out of all the manipulation in
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This shows Laertes asking for forgiveness of noble Hamlet and that the king 's death comes from his own poison and his thoughts of manipulation alone. As hamlet dies he persuades Horatio to tell his story and wishes his departed mother a disgusted adieu (goodbye) and tells the heavens to excuse Laertes Manipulated misfortune and forgive him “Heaven make thee free of it. I follow thee.—
I am dead, Horatio.—Wretched queen, adieu!—”(V,ii,326-238). I believe he does this before he dies so his story would go on as a hero rather to become a forgotten king killer. He wins by truthfully finding out all the facts and using his words to be more powerful than even the departed King Claudius.

Throughout this novel of revenge and deceit many factors play into control and manipulation of others to do one 's bidding. It also shows Hamlet a young prince against the world without using tools or weapons but just words clearing his name and making him win the battle of lies.
His death in the play is a sad and unfortunate tragedy surrounded by pain and deceit. However the “treason! Treason” (V,ii,323) shouted by the audience shows that blame goes to Cladiouse at the end. With dearly departed Prince Hamlet resting in

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