God is death... and Claudius killed Him.

In 1882, Frederick Nietzsche coined this well-known phrase that became a motto for all atheists around the world. However, W. Shakespeare had postulated the idea that God has nothing to do in human decisions over 200 years before Nietzsche. The fact that Claudius assassinated King Hamlet, and then became the new King of Denmark shows that the mighty “chain of beings” was not as fixed as it seemed. According that belief, God himself designs a spot for every human being, and that spot can be changed. Firstly, Hamlet senior occupied the spot of king; then, Hamlet junior is supposed to occupy that place, but Claudius sat himself in the throne. In a world where God is centre of the universe, it is a revolutionary idea. Maybe Shakespeare was not aware that he was defying all the celestial order, but it is a hint that the anthropocentrism was around the corner. God is death, long live the human beings!