Hamlet “To be betrayed by ones own kin is unforgivable and one must get revenge.” (Blaser) In William Shakespeare’s, Hamlet, and the theme of betrayals is most apparent. One betrayal causes an entire family to fall. Betrayal, in hamlet is as thick as the fog on the coast of Denmark, but it eventually clears up; three characters portray forms of betrayal, Ophelia, Gertrude, and Hamlet himself shows the means of betrayal. The men in …showed first 75 words of 482 total…

…showed last 75 words of 482 total…horrified to know that her new husband had done it to get the crown and her. “King[aside]: it is the poisoned cup. It is too late.” (act 5 scene 2 line 298). The queen drinks from a poison cup that Claudius poisoned for Hamlet. The queen not knowing this and trusts her husband would not try to kill her son takes a drink of it and the trust she had for him leads her to her death.