hamlet.

I'm going to write about how the question of appearance and reality affects the meaning of the play. Through out the whole play what people have going on internally never seems to be the same as whats happening outwardly. The first and most important example of this is hamlets madness. Is it fake or is it real? Also there is a strong sense of betrayal in this play. Weather it is a character betraying their-selves or it is friends betraying each other. The actual outcomes of the play are what is real but none of it would have happened if all of the characters where being real to each other. Another example of this appearance vs reality is Cladius' murder of Hamelt the king. Hamlet the king was a brother to Claudius and Hamlet was the king of the kingdom. not only was claudius murdering him treason but it was moral wrong. betrayal is a reoccurring theme in this play and i find it crucial to the story.