Nature versus nurture is a common sociological theory that has the ability to be used on anyone. Nature means the way someone was born or their genes, while nurture is someone's environment. People argue about what affects a person the most. In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, there have been numerous arguments that his uncle Claudius is actually his father due to their similarities. With the nature versus nurture argument it can be argued that they behave very similarly because Hamlet's environment growing up was around Claudius. Looking at both Hamlet and Claudius; the inaction/action, the plots to kill each other, their diction, their relationships with Gertrude, the way they treat women and their advisors, shows that Claudius is not Hamlet's father. Both men plot and kill, but before acting they take a great deal of time to think about their actions. Hamlet likes to organize and fix everything before acting on his suspicions or ideas. He thinks about how his actions will affect everyone and this is due to the remarkable amount of common sense he possesses. Before killing Claudius, he came up with a plan to take him down and exploit him for killing his father. He knows he can't kill him right away because people will be confused and blame Hamlet, so he plans to fix it first. He puts on a play that portrays a young man poisoning his uncle, which irritates Claudius because he poisoned Hamlet's father. By staging the play, Hamlet alerted Claudius to what he knew and this frightened Claudius. Hamlet follows up with a more elaborate plan to act like a "madman" which instills a lot of fear in Claudius because he thinks Hamlet now poses a threat to him, which is what Hamlet wants. Claudius' reaction to Hamlet's madness is shown when he... center of paper... Audius and Hamlet have various similarities, but they hate each other. They plot to kill each other due to the death of Hamlet's biological father. Their similarities stem from the time period they live in and the fact that Hamlet's father was king and was involved in war leaving Hamlet with his uncle. His uncle's behavior had an impact on the man Hamlet became. Both have similar situations; plotting to kill someone, plotting, etc. Both create similar situations for themselves, such as having advisors or their inability to act, but they have differences. Hamlet is angry while Claudius is just trying to save himself. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Literature "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark": an introduction to reading and writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. 9th edition. New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. Print