Corruption in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

When Hamlet’s father, the King of Denmark, dies suddenly, the country is thrown into confusion with no clear leadership. After his father’s ghost reveals that he was poisoned by Hamlet’s mother and uncle, Hamlet must grapple with the dissolution of a world he once trusted. This book examines the topic of corruption in Shakespeare’s Hamlet through a series of essays that touch upon topics such as the symbolic role of sickness and disease, parallels between the politics in the play and Elizabethan England, how Claudius created generational disorder, and the relationship between corruption and inequality. Promoting cross-curricular study, the text also invites readers to engage with contemporary perspectives on modern-day corruption.