In the tale of murder and betrayal Hamlet, penned by William Shakespeare, displays an entirely different angle of perception from this famous author. This is obviously more of a satirical and dark play, while other works are more obvious in their feelings. The main character, Hamlet, is depicted as a sarcastic and depressed young man who is struggling with his father’s untimely death and his mother’s marriage to his uncle. Typical talk show material set in the Middle Ages. And in Hamlet, Shakespeare weaves cynical and morose tones within the character’s lines. Within each act is a gruesome foreshadowing the sense that horrible events have yet to occur.
             In Act one, the imagery set forth within the character’s minds breeds the thought of corruption. In their usual conversation, numerous characters such as Marcellus and Horatio use the word “dead” to emphasize their descriptions of the night and certain times of the day. This is an obvious show on Shakespeare’s part to unveil some sort of diction that is indeed cryptic but does of course have a certain link to the conversation’s tones. Also, later in the Act, Hamlet’s friend Horatio speaks of Julius Caesar and his premature death. This is somewhat being compared to the murder of Hamlet’s father, being killed by someone who was close to him. He states, “The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead did squeak and gibber in the Roman sheets; As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun; and the moist star Upon whose influence Neptune’s empire stands Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse.”(I: i: 119-25) Horatio makes numerous references in this monologue when he speaks of tragedies and bible verses. He ties all of this in to the assassination of the king, who is also his friend’s father. In Hamlet’s remarks there is often a sense of anguish and suffering. He...