The human condition can be a fertile ground for beauty or it can degenerate into wickedness and disgust. In the dramatic production of Hamlet, Shakespeare used the theme of rot to illustrate a corrupt state of Denmark. Shakespeare created a tragedy to arouse fear and pity in the audience, to talk about the fears in their lives, and to pity the victims of injustice. The tragic play is set in the Kingdom of Denmark and explores the revenge that Prince Hamlet wants on his uncle Claudius for killing his father and former King Hamlet. Claudius then ascends the throne and takes Gertrude, widow of the old king and mother of Prince Hamlet, as his wife. William Shakespeare developed Hamlet as a character who procrastinates on a key decision to seek revenge on his uncle. Hamlet disrespects the women closest to him and manipulates them along with his friends to achieve his desire for revenge. The work portrays fear, madness and uncontrolled anger and also explores the depths of incest, revenge and corruption. It is evident that Hamlet's disrespect towards women, manipulative action, and lack of decisive action causes Denmark to become even more rotten and corrupt. Women and love play a strong and important role in the play Hamlet. Shakespeare created the main character Hamlet to hide his true emotions by directing them towards the women in his life. Hamlet lies and manipulates Ophelia into believing that she has broken his heart by not loving him and leads the other characters in the play to think the same. Hamlet writes a letter to Ophelia: “O dear Ophelia, I am disgusted by these numbers. I don't have the art / of calculating my moans. But I love you more, or almost, I believe it. Goodbye” (II.ii.119-121). Hamlet writes of his love for Ophelia, but his true desires are... middle of paper... and Denmark destroying the corrupt and murderous king, but procrastinating, he had to watch his country rot. In the play Hamlet, Hamlet can be seen as the sole reason for the corrupt and rotten place that Denmark has become. Shakespeare presents Hamlet to the audience as a beloved and innocent prince who mourns the death of his father. As the play progresses, Hamlet transforms into a person who fights himself with key decisions and only thinks about serving himself. Hamlet is seen to have little respect for women, which led him to use his broken love for Ophelia to hide his plan to kill Claudius. Shakespeare also creates Hamlet to have a hamartia which is an inability to act which leads him to manipulate people to achieve his goals. In the play, it is clear that Hamlet causes a lot of pain and turmoil in Denmark and ultimately leads to the rot of Denmark and its demise..