When they are sitting with each other discussing ways to kill hamlet, hey both come up with secret plans to execute Hamlet. When Alerter says to Claudia, Where it draws blood no cytoplasm so rare, collected from all simples that have virtue under the moon, can save the thing from death, Claudia agrees with Alerter secret plan. Claudia then tells Alerter of his plan that would profusely kill Hamlet if he was to escape Alerter plan. These two examples represent the theme us butterfat very well.
Another example of subterfuge is the re-enactment of the murder of King Hamlet where Hamlet has his little plan to see if the ghost was telling the truth. Hamlet has a plan to see if Claudia was really responsible for the death of King Hamlet by watching his reaction during the play. Hamlet achieves this plan by telling the player to Speak the speech, pray you, as I pronounced it to you. Hamlet has another plan up his sleeve to watch the Kings facial reactions when he says to Horopito, Give him heedful note; for mine eyes will rivet to his face, and after will both our judgments join in censure of his seeming.
Both of the ideas from Hamlet are secret plans, which again supports the theme Subterfuge. After Alerter departs to France, Polonium wonders if Alerter has been behaving properly. This is an example of subterfuge because Polonium has a secret plan to find out how Alerter is behaving by telling Reynolds to spy on him and to spread stories about Alerter. When Polonium says to Reynolds, and thus do we of wisdom and of reach, with windlasses and assays of bias, by indirections find directions out he means that from telling lies, you will find the truth.
After spreading lies, Reynolds is to see if Alerter confirms these stories or not. Reynolds obeys Polonium demands when he is told by Polonium to Observe his inclination in yourself-Claudia and Polonium plan to accidentally overhear a conversation between Hamlet and Aphelia is another example. Polonium comes up with an idea of where to spy on Hamlet and Aphelia when he says to Claudia, Be you and behind an arras then. After hearing Hamlet and Aphelia conversation, Polonium still believes that rejected love is the reason for Hamlets madness. Polonium then comes up with yet another plan.
This plan consists of Polonium secretly hiding behind curtains in the Queens room to eavesdrop in on a conversation between Hamlet and his mother. After the play, let his queen mother all alone entreat him to show his grief. The King and Queen also had there secret plan to get Reassurance and Guilelessness to come visit Hamlet and to try there best to find out what is causing Hamlets madness. When Reassurance and Guilelessness arrive to the castle, Queen Gertrude politely says to them, And sure I am two men there are not living to whom he more adheres.
If it will please you to show us so much gentry and good will, as to expend you time with us a while for the supply and profit of our hope, your visitation shall receive such thanks. Her plan is to see if Reassurance and Guilelessness can find out what wrong with Hamlet since they are two very good friends of his. There are a couple more small examples of subterfuge. One example is Claudia plan to kill Hamlet by secretly sending a letter to the King of England to execute Hamlet upon arrival.
Another one is Fortifiers huge plan to make it seem like his army and himself are going to take over Poland when his actual plan is to get his long last revenge to take over Denmark. The last example is when Hamlet demands Horopito and Marvelous to keep it a secret about seeing the ghost. He makes them promise when he demands them to Never speak of this that you have seen, swear by my sword. Subterfuge, out of al themes, was one of the major themes in Hamlet. Throughout this essay, there have been many examples given that all represent the theme subterfuge.
