Boy is very confident in his image and tries to model the Prince of Wales. Subsequently, it makes him more careless in how he approaches people, eventually turning into a narcissistic monster. At the end of the novel, Boy acts rashly when Dunstan and Magnus Eisengrim (Paul Dempster) mention the snowball incident that led to MaryDempster's madness. He believes he should be recognized as someone better than he was before, which upset Magnus. Towards the end of the novel, Magnus takes revenge on Boy for his mother's madness by drowning him in a lake with his car, as implied in the book. However, both Claudius and Boy portray arrogant personalities that cause them to perform selfish acts, leading to their ultimate deaths. Finally, manipulation is a tool commonly used by antagonists in Hamlet and Fifth Affairs to get what they wanted. In Hamlet, Claudius convinces Laertes to join him in his plan to kill Hamlet. With his manipulative words, Claudio tells him: "...what would you do, / to show yourself in deeds as your father's son / more than in words?" (4.7.124-26)¹. Claudius knew that Laertes has a strong love for