Figurative Language In Hamlet

Toward the end of Scene IV, a guard, Marcellus, says these prominent words to Horatio. After Hamlet takes after the ghost, Marcellus and Horatio know they need to take after too, in light of the fact that Hamlet is acting so indiscreetly. Marcellus' words are commenting on how something malevolent and contemptible is forthcoming. This may be considered as a foreshadow of the approaching death of many significant characters. When Marcellus says that "something is rotten," he is alluding to the moral and political corruption that has ascended in light of the new king. In a way, this could imply that Denmark has begun to decay due to the acts of Claudius. Marcellus' well known nonsensical conclusion sustains the foreboding mind-set of the disjointed