![]() This “primal eldest curse,” a brother's murder, is the crux of the play, the pivotal event that triggers all the corruption and intrigue. We are informed about it by King Hamlet's ghost: “The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown” (1.5.39-40). ![]() King Hamlet's assassination takes place before the play's narrative begins. “She married - O most wicked speed! To post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it cannot come to good.” (1.2.156.158). From an Elizabethan perspective, such a marriage would have been considered adultery and incest. He also marries Gertude, King Hamlet's former wife. The first and central occurrence of corruption in Hamlet is the murder of King Hamlet by Claudius and his subsequent usurpation of the Danish.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |