UNPACK MY HEART WITH WORDS Words, words, words. Saying something and then actually doing it is a rare event in today's society. Unfortunately, staying true to our word has been a problem for many years now. William Shakespeare's Hamlet perfectly illustrates this through the powerful protagonist of Hamlet whose passion is to think rather than act. After discovering that his father was murdered by the adulterate beast of Claudius, Hamlet feigns antic disposition in an …
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…and that he will soon be dead (V.ii.329). Meanwhile, Hamlet's mother drinks from a poisoned glass which was planted by Claudius as a back up plan in case Laertes was unsuccessful. As Laertes and the Queen slowly die, they both incriminate Claudius: <Tab/>The King - the King's to blame (V.ii.335). Hamlet turns on the kings and mortally wounds him, finally having turned his words, words, words into actions.