Denmark and Doctor Faustus

is corrupted by power. He murdered King Hamlet. became the King of Denmark himself. and married the former king’s married woman Gertrude.

Claudius was an ambitious and manipulative leader. He was determined to keep on to his power. finally at the cost of his life. Prince Hamlet was morally corrupted by the shade of his male parent. The shade of Hamlet’s male parent provided Hamlet with grounds that it was Claudius who murdered him. After showing Hamlet with grounds. the shade beseeched Hamlet to seek retaliation on Claudius. Hamlet vows to revenge his father’s decease. and becomes obsessed with turn outing Claudius’s guilt. The ghost’s petition corrupts Hamlet to the point where all Hamlet can believe about is acquiring retaliation on Claudius.

Hamlet is a brooding character. basically good at bosom. He would hold ne'er thought about revenging his father’s decease if the shade had non mentioned it. and hence would non hold been corrupted. Faustus and Claudius’s greed for power brought on their ain corruptness. while Hamlet was corrupted by an outside force. Faustus was ambitious to the point where he became haunted with obtaining charming powers. This compulsion with charming powers led him to sell his psyche to Lucifer. interrupting contact with God. Everyone except Faustus seemed to recognize that selling a psyche to Lucifer was an highly bad thought.

Even Mephastophilis. the go-between between Lucifer and Faustus. tried to maintain Faustus from selling his psyche. stating. “O Faustus. go forth these frivolous demands. ” ( Marlowe 1604/1994. 3. 81 ) . Faustus was morally and politically corrupted. and refused to follow the way to salvation. Claudius’s aspiration led him to slay King Hamlet. his ain

brother. and get married the Queen of Denmark. guaranting that he. non Hamlet. would derive the power that went along with being king. Claudius’s greed for power brought about his ain devastation.

For illustration. to guarantee that Hamlet would decease. and hence be unable to take the throne from Claudius. Claudius non merely had two arms. the blade and the toxicant on the blade. but the poisoned goblet every bit good. Had the poisoned goblet non existed. Gertrude would ne'er hold died. and Hamlet would still hold been unable to make up one's mind if he was traveling to travel through with the retaliation secret plan or non. deceasing before Claudius was dead. However. the decease of his female parent sent Hamlet over the border. and Claudius suffered the effects of his ain secret plan ( Shakespeare 1603/1992. 5.

2 ) . Hamlet. on the other manus. was different from Faustus and Claudius. Hamlet was morally corrupted by an outside force: the shade. The shade told Hamlet. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural liquidator. ” ( Shakespeare 1603/1992. 1. 5. 31 ) Hamlet’s love for his male parent and the heartache that he felt at the loss of his male parent forced him to vow to revenge his father’s decease. Doctor Faustus displayed the subject of corruptness in a spiritual manner. while The Tragedy of Hamlet. Prince of Denmark displayed the subject of corruptness in a comparatively human manner.

Faustus sold his psyche to the Satan in order to derive the power he sought. but when the clip came for Faustus to fall in Lucifer in snake pit. he begged for God to deliver him. Faustus wailed. “My

God. my God. expression non so ferocious on me! ” ( Marlowe 1604/1994. 13. 111 ) . Faustus broke from God’s love for averageness. and he finally had to pay the monetary value. Hamlet experienced corruptness in more of a human manner. For illustration. Hamlet had to be certain that Claudius was guilty before he would demand his retaliation. Even when Hamlet was convinced that Claudius was the liquidator. he still could non convey himself to harm Claudius ( Shakespeare 1603/1992. 3.

2. 3. 3 ) . Hamlet reasoned with himself. non with God. during these times. Although Hamlet was morally corrupted. it was non in a spiritual sense. The Calamity of Hamlet. Prince of Denmark was about indecision and human mistake. non faith such as Doctor Faustus. William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe both depicted power in a negative visible radiation. directing the message that power can do great hurting and torment for persons who seek it compulsively. Faustus sold his psyche to the Satan. while Claudius murdered members of his household for power.

Claudius shows that he is obsessional with power in the 2nd scene of the first act when he refuses to allow Hamlet travel back to the university in Wittenberg. Hamlet. when entirely. thinks about self-destruction. “O that this excessively excessively sullied flesh would run. melt. and decide itself into a dew! ” ( Shakespeare 1603/1992. 1. 2. 133-134 ) . Faustus was besides caused great hurting due to seeking power compulsively. Faustus finally had to pass infinity in snake pit. The hurting due to the obsessional demand for power caused great hurting for both Faustus. Claudius. and Hamlet.

The subject of corruptness. both morally

and politically. played an of import function in both The Tragedy of Hamlet. Prince of Denmark and Doctor Faustus. The characters of Faustus. Claudius. and Hamlet all experienced loss because of this corruptness. Faustus and Claudius were greedy for power to the point where Faustus lost his psyche and Claudius lost his life. Hamlet was morally corrupted by the shade to the point where he became haunted with turn outing Claudius’s guilt. The writers of these dramas sent the message that obsessiveness merely leads to anguish. The moral of the dramas was that everything should be kept in moderateness.