Dave Dunphy Integrity in Hamlet Hamlet Drama Assignment Due: April 26, 2000 Passed In: April 26, 2000 Corruption in Denmark In the play ‘Hamlet’ by Shakespeare, the integrity of some characters are all challenged with honesty and deceit. The King of Denmark is deteriorating and rotting the state and its people. Many images of corruption, spying, and decay compound as the play moves on, because Claudius is trying to find out what his nephew, Hamlet, is planning. A description …showed first 75 words of 1076 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1076 total…Ghost and Horatio. Hamlet knows that everyone is spying on him, and he must end what is rotting in the state of Denmark. If I were Hamlet I would trust no one, avenge my fathers’ death, and bring peace to Denmark. The integrity of some characters is all challenged with honesty and deceit. Claudius starts the deteriorating of Denmark, and it slowly seeps down the chain. Bibliography Meyer, Michael. "The Bedford Introduction to LIterature." Boston. 1999.