Hamlet - Appearance vs. Reality- Hamlet, one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, where the young prince of Denmark must uncover the truth about his fathers death. Hamlet is a play that tells the story of a young prince who's father recently died. Hamlet’s uncle Claudius marries his mother the queen and takes the throne. As the play unfolds Hamlet finds out his father was murdered by the recently crowned king. The theme that remains constant …showed first 75 words of 1639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1639 total…good and honest. As Hamlet finds out, all contain lies and have hidden intentions within them. As each character is presented in the play all appear to be good and honest making it a difficult task for Hamlet to uncover the hidden truth about the nature of each character. As Hamlet best said it some things is rotten in Denmark That being the lies which have replaced or covered the true state of each character.