As the young prince of Denmark, Hamlet, tries to uncover the truth of his father's death, he has no one to turn to. Many of the characters within the play appear to be genuine and honest but are really infested with evil. Not knowing who is actually genuine and honest, Hamlet trusts no one. Shakespeare develops a theme of appearance vs. reality where Hamlet's dedication to the truth is stressed in contrast to the appearance …showed first 75 words of 544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 544 total…else that Hamlet is not sure that he can trust. Hamlet's has doubts about the nature of the ghost. Hamlet realizes that if he merely ups and kills Claudius and avenges the death of his father the ghost, he would definitely have been tried and put to death. This would leave the people with no king, and a war would probably break out. When Hamlet decides he can trust the ghost Bibliography Hamlet, William Shakespeare