Throughout the play, Hamlet is pushed by his father to think of a way to revenge for him which he uses deception to conceal his ideas. However, his plan for revenge may be stopped because of Claudius’ smart tactics to deceive others. Through the characters of Claudius and Hamlet of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, they reveal that deception inevitably destroys plans of vengeance as well as the revenge seekers’ very lives.
Claudius is very manipulative and intelligent at deceiving others in order for his wants to happen which ruins schemes of revenge. Claudius likes to deceive others so he can mislead everyone about his malicious purposes. He deceives Laertes and Hamlet to fight each other through a sword battle so he can proceed to his plan on killing Hamlet. He wants Laertes to do the job for him as he already desires to kill Hamlet anyway “And for his death, no wind of blame shall breathe,/ But even his mother shall uncharge the practice/ And call it an accident.” He uses another one of his manipulative ideas to control Laertes into doing what he wants to do to Hamlet so that he is clear of any sin. He is able to make Laertes do it because there will be “no wind of blame” will be known which encourages Laertes to proceed with the action of killing Hamlet. Since Claudius promise him that he will not be caught, he was able to manipulate Laertes into killing hamlet with no blood on Claudius’s hands. He made this plan so that Hamlet will be killed before he takes action and acts first. He is smart with his actions that even Gertrude would “call it accident” which proves how easily he can make people do something for him. At last, Claudius did an excellent job in his arrangement to execute Hamlet, not because of some master methods of his own doing, but since of his capacity to control occasions as indicated by his very own demands. He may have picked up the crown by vote, however not until after he exploited the lord, executing him in his rest. At last, his manipulative and tricky ways brought him temporary achievement, yet just at the cost of his own lifeHamlet uses deception to act mad as he plots his own revenge which does not end well.
In the wake of learning of reality behind his dad's passing, he tells Horatio “How strange or odd soe’er I bear myself/ As I perchance hereafter think shall meet/ To put antic disposition an on”.Hamlet explains to him that he will be acting “strange” in order for his revenge plot not to fail. He wants revenge for his father and deceives others to think that he is only mourning when he starts acting unusual. This further proves that this odd way of acting will cover his plans just as he wants to. This is a smart way to deceive others as he has reasons to act weird which is his father’s death. He will put an “antic disposition” on to mislead others into thinking he is insane when he isn't. This madness that he will show will not only help carry out his plan for his revenge, it will also distract everyone into thinking that he does not know who killed his father. His insanity encourages Claudius to act which will ruin Hamlet’s plans.Deception and Revenge eventually lead to the death of both of them. Laertes is able to cut Hamlet with his sharp sword with a poison on it. Hamlet finally decides to take action and poisons Claudius. When Claudius dies from Hamlet poisoning him, Laertes mentiones that
'He is justly served, it is a poison tempered by himself'. Because of deception, the number of sins in the place just added all up which causes the biggest destruction of all; their death. The “poison” that affects everyone is the lies and dishonesty that is happening in the kingdom. Without the lies, the place would be cleaner without anything that will cost a life. The minds of the revenge seekers turn the place into a big place of a battleground as every day is a fight for life. All of the lies and revenge are causes by “himself” which explains that each and everyone has contributed to how they die. In any case, the characters engage with trickery all die by the end of the play because of their deceptive nature, indicating that deception has more negative outcomes than positive results. A significant number of the characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet are associated with trickery which eventually leads to their demise.
Desire to kill one another is like plotting your death as the poison spreads around like how negativity grows and eIn conclusion revenge and deception might result in a critical ending when used too much. The desire to kill one another is like plotting your own death as the poison spreads around like how negativity spreads and ultimately striking everyone. The play perfectly exemplified that no act of revenge or deception can lead to a safe and fulfilling ending. Because of the high demand for vengeance, people’s lives are the cost.
