One major conflict in Hamlet is honesty and deception. King Claudius exemplifies this conflict because of his dishonesty for political gain. Claudius is a double-faced man who keeps many secrets from society in order to further his political goals. The biggest secret that Claudius keeps from the people of Denmark is that he murdered his brother, the former King of Denmark, because his brother’s death is the only way that Claudius could achieve his political aspiration to become King. The people of Denmark are unable to see Claudius’ duplicitous nature through the dialect of his speeches and view him as a great king and ruler, unaware of his hidden agenda. Claudius seems to act and care about his people when in truth he is only concerned with securing his image as a benevolent King. Claudius seems to represent the community and appear kingly when he delivers his long-winded speeches to the people of Denmark. All of this proves how deceiving King Claudius truly is and how important the conflict of honesty and deception really is.
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