Post by derekdowney on Oct 28, 2011 22:25:26 GMT -5
Although Hamlet may hate his uncle/step father, they are actually quite alike. Claudius inlists Hamlet's childhood friends in order to spy on Hamlet. Hamlet then decides to use Guildenstern and Rosencrantz to his own advantage. "But I will delve one yard below their mines and blow them at the moon. O, 'tis most sweet when in one line two crafts directly meet." (114) Hamlet knows Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are spies for the king; Hamlet believes he can use this to his advantage. He wishes to use the spies to expose Claudius. Instead of confronting them he is going to use them just as the king is. They do the same thing with Ophelia. She is subject to a tug of war. Hamlet knows that if he stays near Ophelia it will become risky thus he destroys all hope she holds for love. He hopes to remove her from Claudius's network and elminate her from the game. Claudius and Hamlet might as well sit down to a game of chess, for they are using the people around them as pawns. Both is so obsessed with claiming position neither seems to notice a simple stab in the back will end the madness.