“Ay, sir; to be honest , as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.” said Hamlet (II.II.177). Deceit, misleading information, and spying on others, which are some of the major themes of the play, can lead to a persons death, purposely or accidentally. The misleading and deceitful instances in the play are in some way responsible for Hamlet’s death. Claudius misleads Hamlet when he shipped him off to …showed first 75 words of 1025 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1025 total…brought on by his spying on Hamlet. Overall each one of these instances indirectly and, in some cases directly, is a cause for the deaths of eight people in the play. This play shows that when one lies, cheats, and is dishonest, that it can cause problems in one’s life and others. In the real world, people who are dishonest may excel at first but this behavior will eventually harm them in the end.