... the peace of the society. Whenever there is a break in the order of the society, there is chaos and turmoil. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, supernatural, corruption and disease imagery create the theme that the state of Denmark is in total chaos because the Elizabethan order of the universe has ... phase. Supernatural element is any unnatural occurring and does not only refer to ghosts and spirits. Horatio after seeing the ghost himself says that when Julius Caesar died, the dead rose from their graves and roamed the Roman streets. He compares the dead to stars with fire and d...

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In Act I of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Denmark is portrayed as being in a state of political and social unrest. The character Horatio helps to convey this state of unrest and to foreshadow, ... are seeking to regain the land they lost to Denmark are direct evidence that Denmark is going to be attacked by Norway. After seeing the ghost, Horatio makes an allusion to Rome before the fall of Julius Caesar; A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: As ... the state of Denmark at the beginning of the play...

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