He use's these elements as brush strokes to paint a powerful picture. He uses the castle of Elsinore and it's vicinity to depict a rundown and depressing place where incest and murder are a normal part of life. Where revenge is a commonplace motivation, and where pretending to be mad is a normal excuse to put off one's feelings, Shakespeare incorporates other subplots into the play. Without these subplots, of revenge we are left with a gloomy play where the ending, although necessary, is pointless. Shakespeare created this setting to tell us a story of revenge, gone wrong. He created revulsion so we look back and see the deprived way of life that existed in castle Elsinore. We see the room littered with dead beings and Fortinbras taking his rightful throne among the vengeful. There is also a bit of foreshadowing found in Hamlet from all the way in the beginning. Hamlet drawing on biblical allusions, Hamlet redefines the position of man as simply that which came from dust and eventually will return. It is possible that Shakespeare was trying to indirectly warn us of Hamlets fate or of the fate of Polonius or Claudius. Hamlet is young, handsome, daring, and witty with an emotional soul and a violent temper. He exhibits a puzzling two-faced nature. He contradicts himself throughout the play. He supports both of the virtues of acting a role and being true to oneself. He further shows both of these conflicting endorsements with his actions. This uncertainty, by his alleged madness only made him become perfectly calm and rational later. These inconsistencies are related to the internal dilemmas he faces. He struggles with avenging his father's death. Throughout the entire play he teeters on this issue, because he is unable to form a solid decision about his role-playing. Hamlet is over analytical and pessimistic. But, what leads to his downfall is one fatal flaw, his procrastination. He had several chances to kill Claudius, but he seems to lose that conviction after his rationality sets in.