Corruption in Hamlet

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Mind Map on Corruption in Hamlet, created by Emily Green on 06/10/2017.
Emily Green
Mind Map by Emily Green, updated more than 1 year ago
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Corruption in Hamlet
  1. Revenge
    1. Corruption of ones mind = madness
      1. Hamlet is taken over by revenge and unaware of his action
        1. 'Corruption is like a weed that grows and spreads
      2. Hamlet's revengful actions corrupt the minds of others
        1. Even how he doesn't act
          1. 'And so am I revenged. That would be scanned'
            1. Therefore shows how his mind is corrupted from his morality - deciding whether to do the right thing or not.
      3. Intro
        1. Introduce Q - mention characters involved (claudius, hamlet, gertrude ect)
          1. How that ultimately affects the state of Denmark
            1. TRAGEDY
              1. 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark'
                1. CLAUDIUS!!!!!
          2. Blind loyalty and manipulation
            1. CORRUPTS ONES MORALITY
              1. Ophelia
                1. LOVE LETTERS
                  1. Ophelia rejecting the letters from Hamlet that he sends her.
                    1. Corruption of friendships.
                      1. POLONIUS' POSSESSIVE ACTIONS TOWARDS OPHELIA
                        1. 'Like you asked.'
                      2. Hamlet's trust+love for those closest to him being manipulated.
                    2. R+G
                      1. Do not value friendship with Hamlet anymore
                        1. 'But we both obey'
                          1. Shows how they're following the hierarchy and doing what Claudius says, showing a manipulation over R+G that Claudius has, and the corruption of friendship that leads Hamlet to madness.
                  2. Greed + Chain of events
                    1. Greed is the inception of corruption + creates a cascading effect in Hamlet
                      1. Claudius' greed for the throne sets off the chain of events
                        1. The unnatural coronation of Claudius is corrupting to Denmark
                    2. CONTEXT
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