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William Shakespeare

Hamlet: Corruptionphysical corruption-is a precursor, signifying to the audience the ultimate fate of all those characters exhibiting signs of corruption.Polonius may be the most obviously corrupt character, but the centre of evil of the play's plot and of the kingdom is Claudius.When Marcellus states, 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.' it could be interpreted that he is speaking of a threat of war, but when looked at as symbolic, nothing could better sum up Claudius' corrupting effect on the kingdom which is brought on by his unpunished crime.His evil deeds carry him to the throne and pollute the people around him causing chaos, sorrow and death.The image of rotting along with the released odour permeating far and wide symbolizes the

infectious quality of sin.The suggested transformation of a beautiful human into a disgusting, purposele ma symbolizes the effect of sin on the human soul.Hamlet himself strives to separate his noble qualities, which we have

seen throughout the play, from the circumstance and treachery against which he has struggled, and in which he has been entangled.As a prince Hamlet cannot not rule, but he too has become corrupted, not in mind, but by history, by becoming the focus of the ancient revenger's dilemma.Any action he takes will be morally dubious.Not taking revenge will reduce him and make him unfit for rule by his own standards, and taking revenge will do the same.Though Hamlet retains our sympathy at the end of the play, he has

murdered five people and caused the suicide of one.But Hamlet can still decide Denmark's future, by effectively appointing a succeor.Thus, the corruption dies with him;all the inevitable justice is carried out;and Hamlet's legacy remains.From a morally dubious situation, Hamlet is able to wrest an honourable death, and the chance of stability for the future of his country.From the fates of Polonius, Claudius and Hamlet we see that corruption originating from 'disease' leads to death.Hamlet and Polonius' emotions

clouded their judgement and led them to their death.Furthermore we see that those who killed others in the play were motivated by the stagnant disease that infected their minds and bodies.Hamlet, for example, was overcome by the disease and unintentionally killed Polonius, mistaking him for Claudius.Killing another character was clearly not the correct path to solving problems;there was no clear judgement behind rash behaviour that included secrecy, lies, deceit, and murder.Corruption such as this could only lead to death.As an aside, we can note that Fortinbras was an intelligent young man who made his mark through the play quietly and honourably because he was a character whose mind was never infected with the 'disease'.A stagnant disease, with no cure, that inevitably leads to death: corruption.