Hamlet Loss Of Power Analysis

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts...perhaps the fear of a loss of power,” says John Steinbeck. Some people feel that all they need to succeed is power and if they lose that power they will be nothing. Not accomplishing their aspirations and retributions could be apart of losing that power. The “fear of a loss of power” can be someone's key motivation to do what they feel is necessary to keep that power at their fingertips. If you had the opportunity to rule with as much power as a King or Queen how far would go to keep that authority?
In the play Hamlet, several characters’ power is tested to help prove the guilt of Claudius. Claudius has a rather powerful role in the play because he is now pronounced as king. He would be a very good character that displays the “fear of a loss of power.” Throughout the play Hamlet tries to prove that King

King Hamlet may not have been in the play very much, but when he was, he proved to be a very important role. Hamlet’s father needed vengeance against his brother for his murder, stealing his wife and crown, along with taking the crown away from Hamlet. He had a very strong motivation of getting what he wanted in this situation. If he had not shown himself to Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo, King Hamlet never would have been able to tell the story of what really had happened. He had a great effect on Hamlet in reminding him on his purpose there. King Hamlet comes to remind him “Do not forget: This visitation is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose. But, look amazement on thy mother sits: O, step between her and her fighting soul. Speak to her Hamlet” (3.2). King Hamlet overpowered Hamlet even though he was just a ghost. If he wouldn’t of came in at that time, Hamlet may have went as far as to kill his mother