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The Restoration of Moral Order in Hamlet.

Date Submitted: 11/03/2004 19:14:41
Category: / Literature
Length: 6 pages (1694 words)
The Restoration of Moral Order in Hamlet The fabric of every society relies on a set of laws, morals and ethics. When these aspects of a "good society" are corrupted, disorder ensues. A play which examines the result of a corrupted state is William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The audience immediately witnesses the corrupted nature of the play when early on in the story a character observes, " Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."(1.4. 99) In …
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…the death of Claudius, and the return of the deserving king to Denmark, the Divine Right of Kings is restored. It is important for moral order to be restored in the play, as the audience is able to see end of evil, and the return of good in Elsinore. Moral order is a crucial part of society, and in order for a nation to be successful a strong sense of moral order must be present.
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