Hamlet is a deeply existentially orientated persona in Shakespeare’s text and his habit of questioning humanity’s worth is a trait that gives his character enduring value. His frequent musings over death, life after death and the ‘rank’ corruption of humanity are what help us as the audience develop a personal response, to the events with in the story, indeed, to the story itself. Hamlet, throughout the text, is constantly referring back to Elsinore’s corruption as a state. However, he seems to mainly lay blame onto his mother, Gertrude for her ‘adulterate and incestuous’ relationship with Claudius. Almost immediately in act one, his distaste with his mother’s actions becomes apparent through his subtle language, “Aye madam, tis common”. The double entendre here is used to emphasise his feelings towards his mother, with him alluding to her actions as being commonplace among women. Hamlet further extends his argument about women’s lack of sexual control in his first soliloquy in act one scene two, “Frailty, thy name is woman”. Hamlet practically labels women here, as corrupt beings of no self-control. Hamlet continues on and refers to the entirety of the world he exists within as being corrupted, ‘an unweeded garden’ in his words. He relates the state of Elsinore to the Garden of Eden in this metaphor, comparing the temptation Eve felt toward the apple, to the temptation Gertrude felt towards Claudius. Thus this is also a continuation of his idea of the faults of women. What can be seen here, is Hamlet essentially ‘laying blame’ upon women (specifically his mother) for the corruption in the world, but more specifically Elsinore. This habit of laying blame upon someone for something that doesn’t necessarily sit in our conscience nicely is common among humans, and Hamlet displaying this trait ensures that the audience can relate to his thoughts and feelings. It is this connection between audience and ch