Diseased Denmark!

The state of Denmark is healthy while King Hamlet and Gertrude are in power.  When King Hamlet suddenly dies and his brother, Claudius, steps into power, the country becomes diseased-a ghost appears to Hamlet contributing to the idea that the country is now filled with disease.  

During the first scene summary, Marcellus states, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”   He does so after watching Hamlet follow the ghost into the dark night.  The ghost reveals to Hamlet, “And in the porches of my ears did pour/The leprous distilment” (61-64).  Since the ghost represents King Hamlet, ghost Hamlet displays to his son an intruder and murder replaced his place with his wife, Gertrude, in the kingdom.  The late King Claudius doesn’t symbolize the strong and courageous kingdom he inherited.  Instead Claudius is weak and pitiful if what the ghost displays to Hamlet is indeed true.  Therefore, Denmark is lead by weak leader which makes the entity of Denmark weak.  When leadership is diseased, it isn’t long after until it shows in the country as a whole.  Claudius decisions affect the nation of Denmark as a whole.  Diseased decisions lead to a diseased country.

before and  after

Just as if one entity of government is diseased the whole will soon follow, fresh foods are similar.  Two weekends ago, my mom had me open a box in the kitchen full of squash bought from the farmers market on sale.  I immediately noticed some fungi on the top squash.  The further I looked into the box, the sooner I realized extensive amounts of fungi among the squash.  The small amount of disease on the top did not translate into the rest of the box; the entire package of squash was diseased.  There was no way my mom and I could save the diseased squash.  The entire box was thrown out.  If the play is like the box, I predict the entire government will be removed just like the squash-too much decay throughout.  Death is eminent in Denmark.