Characters in order based on their deceitfulness:
1) Claudius is the most deceitful character in the play, he betrays his closest family, he kills his own brother in order to obtain his selfish desires.
2) Hamlet deceives most by acting crazy and secretly plotting to kill his uncle Claudius.
3) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are very deceitful because they betray their childhood friend, Hamlet, and follow everything that King Claudius tells them to do.
4) Gertrude is deceitful because she acts innocent in the act of marrying her dead husbands brother.
5) Ophelia deceives the other characters when she kills herself, she makes it look as though it was an accident when in reality it was a suicide.
6) Polonius was also deceitful because he spied on others often and did not mind his own business. He deceived others in order to report news to Claudius.
7) Laertes deceives others when he decides to work with Claudius to kill Hamlet without telling anyone.
8) The ghost betrays Hamlet in a way when he only appears to him and not Gertrude in turn making him looking crazy.
9) Horatio is the least deceitful character because he is loyal to Hamlet and keeps his word to not tell anyone that he is acting mad or that he saw the ghost.
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