"The world of Shakespeare is the world transformed into images and metaphors; an object becomes a word which turns it into an idea or an emotion. There are also double meanings, puns and wordplay, at times ironic, often obscene, always witty, even in the greatest tragedies." (Delville) as said by Delville. Shakespeare's words are not just read but felt and seen. In Hamlet imagery was not spared when written. One of the most predominant imagery is of a garden. Denmark, the setting of the play, was cleverly paralleled with a garden. All components of the garden had a part of Denmark. From the plants to the weather, everything was contrasted.
             Shakespeare skillfully uses a garden to show the development of Denmark. To represent the people of Denmark, plants are used to symbolize them. From its weeds to its flowers all components are parallel with Denmark. From when the garden is in full bloom and when the garden is dissipating, Denmark makes the same progress. Imagery of sick and distasteful plants, in place of the traditional beautiful flowers in a garden, "'Tis an unweeded garden that grows to seed. Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely." (I. ii. 135-137). Essentially, all of life, and all that was good and beautiful in life (the garden) is eventually impure. In Hamlet's first soliloquy he begins to express his feelings about how quickly his mother, Gertrude, married Claudius. Speaking of the world, Hamlet states: "'Tis an unweeded garden That grows to seed. Things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely" (1.2.135-7). The seed represents the future conflict that Claudius has planted when he married Hamlet's mother only months after the death of King Hamlet. Claudius's was planted the day Gertrude and he were wed and had grown into an ugly weed whose only purpose is to cause destruction. Speaking out about his distrust of Hamlet, Laertes says "A violet in the youth of ...