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Disease Imagery and Hamlet
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... Disease Imagery and Hamlet The Parasite The Parasite Imagery is used by writers to describe the setting of a piece of work. Not only does this imagery give more description, but also gives a philosophical twist to the interpretation of the piece of work. William Shakespeare uses imagery throughout his works, particularly in the play Hamlet. In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare uses disease imagery to describe the leadership of Denmark, and how corruption has infected the kingdom. Similarly, Shakespeare compares how an untreated infection can spread to the ones least expected to be infected. Firstly, the corrupt nature of the authoritarian rule of Denmark is compared to the infestation of a parasite in a garden. In the play Hamlet, Hamlet sees Claudius (the king) as the parasite, since he committed crimes such as murder to become king (i.e. Claudius poisoned his brother Hamlet Sr. who was the former king). Hamlet feels as
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