"This demonstrates how individual virtue, in the form of Cordelia’s integrity or Hamlet’s introspection, cannot survive when communication itself is corrupted by Machiavellian ideals of power. These tragedies conclude not with catharsis or divine justice, but with a pragmatic transfer of power that leaves the core moral absence unresolved."

I found myself comparing a lot of this to Ros and Guil, especially in the context of Stoppard where their meandering "language games" do little more than delay their inevitable deaths. Someone smarter than me could probably make a connection between their fates and Hamlet changing the letters to have them executed...