The Unweeded Garden
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The unweeded garden motif in Hamlet represents the problems that are deeply routed in the characters. Each weed that isn't pruned continues to grow. The problems and conflicts in Hamlet are never fully resolved, so the garden continues to be overgrown and covered in weeds. The nutrients are sucked out of the soil just as the optimism and happiness is sucked out of the lives of everyone in the kingdom. The things that are typically associated with good feelings are associated with bad memories which taints the good feelings into feelings of sorrow or anger which fester and grow. The garden also represents how all of the lies and deceit are intertwined and tangled, requiring immense attention to untangle and sort them out. in order to eradicate the lies, conflicts, and strong emotions, the garden must be untangled first.