nations. He is one, hiding in the dark, and becomes discovered by the continuation if his immoral actions.
             "As the play progresses, however, the quality of his villainy is gradually revealed to the audience" (Joseph 138). Claudius's secret of his murdering the king was exposed to Hamlet, but he is unaware of this. Throughout the book, Hamlet does things and reacts in ways that give Claudius the sense that something is not right with the situation, so he begins to be cautious of Hamlet. He uses Hamlet's friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to help him keep watch, and he also uses them to carry out tasks that he cannot do himself, such as following Hamlet or talking to him of certain situations that the King cannot speak of himself. "The King keeps them, as Hamlet tells Rosencrantz, 'like an ape in the corner of his jaw, first mouthed, to be last swallowed'" (Coyle 174). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are very vulnerable to Claudius's behavior, and they do everything they a
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