Topic > Corruption and Corruption in Hamlet - 1778

It had my dying voice. So tell him, with the more or less events that prompted it, the rest is silence. [Dies.] (5.2.329-32)Hamlet wants Fortinbras to take command of Denmark in his place because Fortinbras is not infected by sins. Fortinbras makes his way through the novel honorably (Moriarity). Hamlet's death, along with the deaths of every other sinful character, helps purify the state of Denmark by ridding the nation of sinners. Moral decay spreads among the characters creating an air of corruption. Sins cloud the characters' judgments leading to their death. The characters are aware of their sins, but continue to repeat the same routine. Hamlet knows the consequences his sins have on the rule of Denmark; the very state of Denmark has become rotten to the core because Claudius, Gertrude and Hamlet have become too corrupt to continue.