Shakespeare had a way of capturing his audience with tragic plays filled with controversy. One of the most controversial and well known of these plays is Hamlet. This is a play that depicts a son (Prince Hamlet) on an expedition to avenge his father's death. Throughout the entirety of the story, Shakespeare emphasizes the opinions that those surrounding Hamlet take on. The belief of those closest to him is that, with the death of his …showed first 75 words of 1854 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1854 total…his uncle, Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, went on a mission to gain back the throne that was rightfully his. In doing this he was also murdered, leaving Denmark in a state of contentment. The country is now able to take on a clean slate and begin its life without hindrance. Without Hamlet's scheme, the country would have remained corrupt. Hamlet unintentionally put the country back in order through his anger (madness), depression and death.