Music and the Leit Motif in HamletThroughout William Shakespeare's Hamlet, many Leit motifs have been seen. If the definition of an allegorical symbol was used for the concept of leitmotif, music was a leitmotif in Hamlet. Music was brought up repeatedly in the play and was also used by Shakespeare as a way to describe the concept of being played. The flute was used to illustrate how Hamlet and Claudius played over and between each other. Ophelia and other characters sang while they were crazy or dealing with crazy people. The use of music in Hamlet was linked to the concepts of Apolonian Dionysian verse, espionage and lies, madness, poetic verse prose, and the burden of vengeance on a thinking man. the most obvious case of using music as an introduction to the idea of ​​one play over another was seen in Act 4 Sc. 1, lines 25-38. At this point in the play, Hamlet was confronted by Guildenstern, while Guildenstern was trying to spy on Hamlet. Hamlet answered Guildenstern's question when he asked him if he couldn't play the flute, how could Guildenstern be expected to play Hamlet, when he said: "You would play on me... think Do you think I'm easier to play than a flute? whatever instrument you want, you can't play it on me. (Act 3. Sc. 2.Ln. 394-402). Hamlet then compared playing the flute to lying, when he stated that "It is as simple as lying." (Act 3. Sc. 2 Ln. 387) Although Guildensterna attempted to play Hamlet, it was a futile attempt, as even Guildenstern admitted that he had "not the skill" (Act 3. Sc. 2 . Ln. 392) to play on Hamlet. Hamlet. While the act of acting was linked to the music through the scene discussed previously, three other major instances of characters were seen where one character was played over another. The first of these instances, where Hamlet performed in the play to deceive Claudius, was also in Act 3 Scene 2. Hamlet performed in the play to prove to himself that the ghost's words were true and that Claudius actually killed his father. Claudius was successfully attacked when he stormed out of the game at the exact moment the Gambling King was brought back to life. The room bound the bed