William Shakespeare, in his play, “ Hamlet,” makes a notable statement about the power of words based on how it is said, can be used to manipulate reality and the truth. Throughout the play we see characters toying with reality and truth” buy using words and in turn making people do what they want. One major character that Shakespeare use to portray that theme is Claudius. Claudius, the antagonist of the play, is Hamlet’s uncle and the husband to Hamlet’s mother. By committing murder and marrying the Queen he became the king of Denmark. He is a very intelligent guy and most likely everything he thought of, including his plan took years to execute. At different stages of the play, Claudius manipulates different characters in ways to benefits himself. The first scene in which we sees Claudius using words to manipulate the truth and the people around him is in Act 1 Scene 2. Everyone except Hamlet has moved on from the death of the late king Hamlet. Claudius is giving Hamlet a speech on how to deal with his grief. He start his speech by saying, “ But you must know your father lost a father, that father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound in filial obligation for some term to do obsequious sorrow” (1.2.90). He starts off by telling Hamlet how common his problem is. Claudius also repeats the words, “father” and “lost” to make it seem like a never ending cycle. Since he also wants to make it seem like he is on Hamlets side and doesn 't want make it obvious that he had