Hamlet's Complex Environment

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To begin, Hamlet’s complex environment plays a key role in demonstrating his flaws, as they alter his purpose in life and disclose a gloomier aspect of Hamlet’s persona. Hamlet’s miserable surroundings demand crucial decisions, through which Hamlet chooses his own fall in order to fulfill his desire for vengeance from Claudius. Marcellus introduces Hamlet’s surrounding environment as he declares, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4.99), which foreshadows the upcoming misfortune events that result from a disruption of the Elizabethan chain of beings. Marcellus also foretells the critical effects that these unusual events might have on Hamlet’s character as eventually Hamlet’s surroundings leads him to taking decisions that expose