Corruption is a popular theme in Shakespeare’s plays; almost always when corruption is interjected into his plays it is preceded by jealously. In the play Hamlet, King Claudius succumbs to the sting of jealously as a result, he totally corrupted himself.
Claudius wants what his brother has, his kingdom and his bride; this becomes his raison d’être; Claudius does not view his jealously as a sin that needed to be stemmed, nor is he willing to wait on chance for his brother to die. He wants what his brother has and he wants it now. Claudius is so driven by ...
