Danish Society in Hamlet

This shows that, even though European cultures are unlike, struggles for power are common and in fact, the nature of man. e understand Denmark and Danish society happens in scene 4 of act 1 when the king carouses the streets as part of Danish custom.

In act 3, scene 1, Hamlet declaims the monologue, “To be or not to be,” and is stopped by Ophelia. The king is not questioned, rather greeted and unquestioned about the death of the old king.

The play in act 3, scene 2, that Hamlet formulated to expose the King is also a tool formulated by Shakespeare to express Danish society. When the carousing begins and the trumpets are blown, the ghost of the dead King appears again, to show the tragedy of a Danish custom improperly used. The play uses the Duke Gonzago of Vienna to tell the story, much like King Hamlet’s own murder. In the banquet scene, we are also exposed to the structure and lives of the people of the court. The use of the convent to send women who love too much, cannot control their sexual desires, or who simply sin is a common tool for the court throughout European culture. Hence, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. For example, through Laertes and Hamlet, we see how often the youth travel abroad to gain knowledge and education. When Hamlet’s love for Ophelia appears to be a sham to the King, he decides to send Hamlet to England – another tool of the court used to exile men of unlike thought and manner. The Queen, knowing her court’s Danish customs, accepts the marriage of the King with very little expressive remorse because it may come across as treason in Danish society.