... he knew it was Claudius reason being that the play he saw was similar to this incident. Hamlet cried, "O my prophetic soul! mine uncle (1,v)". Another reason of why Hamlets environment is corrupt is because Claudius, Hamlets uncle, married Hamlet's mother. Hamlet was talking to his mother and replied when he asked her if he had forgotten about her, "No, by the rood, no ... so: You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife; And,-would it were not so!-you are my mother (3, iv)". Lastly, corruption is shown through Hamlet because he was suppose to take a drink of poison that was set bef...

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