During the play Hamlet, Shakespeare cleverly and carefully constructs imagery
             that writhes in the reader's mind and keeps them second guessing everything and taking
             nothing at face value. Nearly every character goes through at least one significant change
             throughout the story. At times, each character may seem pure and good and at other
             times, the same character is a corruptible, vengeful human being. Shakespeare repeatedly
             uses imagery of a poison creeping through Elsinore, infecting everyone, and also images
             of painting, so nothing is as it seems. The careful combination of these two sets of
             imagery create an aura of mystery that captivates the reader fills them with intrigue.
             Shakespeare starts his imagery of a diseased poison creeping through society early
             on, in Hamlet's soliloquy in which he compares the kingdom to an unweeded garden.
             The images of poison are much more easily invoked when a real life poison is used in the
             story. Since poison was used to kill King Hamlet, and eventually Claudius, Gertrude,
             Prince Hamlet, and Laertes, the reader has poison on the mind. The poison seems to be
             oozing through everyone, beginning with Hamlet's uncle, Claudius. His mom, his
             advisor Polonius, his friends Guildenstern and Rosencrantz, his girlfriend Ophelia, and
             eventually himself, seem to be corrupted and using base methods to accomplish their
             goals. Every character in this play shows that they are capable of evil and underhand
             methods and this transformation oozes slowly through the characters as a poison seeps
             Things never are not always what they seem to be, and this becomes a harsh
             reality for Hamlet in the play. In his mind, people seem to be fake, just as if they were
             painted over. Ophelia, his girlfriend, was spying on Hamlet, at the request of her dad.
             His friends, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz were also hired to spy on him. People seem to
             be painted to be ...