Aidan Harju
Mrs. Murphy
Class code
24 April 2016
Title
The poem “King Claudius” by C.P Cavafy depicts the story of Hamlet as a tragic tale of a King who was unjustly murdered by his own nephew. He summarized the tale through the eyes of an outsider, saying that this was a “very sad story of that unfortunate king killed by his nephew because of some fanciful suspicions.” (Cavafy 4-7). Though some of his accusations are understandable from the point of view of an outsider,with the information given in the play, it can be assumed that most of the opinions expressed in this poem are not credible.
In the poem, the narrator describes Claudius as a “quiet, gentle man, a man who loved peace (his country had suffered much from the wars of his predecessor), he behaved graciously toward everyone, humble …show more content…
Though Hamlet’s sanity is questioned in the later stages of the play, notably during his conversation in act three during Hamlet’s conversation with his mother, he claims to see a ghost when his mother could not. This questions whether the ghost has the power to hide itself from certain people or Hamlet was slowly descending into madness. But this poem claimed that the ghost was just a part of his imagination, which is impossible due to other people witnessing the ghost. In the first act, Marcellus and Horatio describe the ghost as a “form of thing, each word made true and good, the apparition comes. I knew your father; these hands are not more like.” (Hamlet 1.2.210-212). The fact that four separate people saw the ghost proves that the apparition from the beginning proves that the ghost existed, even Horatio, who was described as a sceptic and a man of science supports it
Mrs. Murphy
Class code
24 April 2016
Title
The poem “King Claudius” by C.P Cavafy depicts the story of Hamlet as a tragic tale of a King who was unjustly murdered by his own nephew. He summarized the tale through the eyes of an outsider, saying that this was a “very sad story of that unfortunate king killed by his nephew because of some fanciful suspicions.” (Cavafy 4-7). Though some of his accusations are understandable from the point of view of an outsider,with the information given in the play, it can be assumed that most of the opinions expressed in this poem are not credible.
In the poem, the narrator describes Claudius as a “quiet, gentle man, a man who loved peace (his country had suffered much from the wars of his predecessor), he behaved graciously toward everyone, humble …show more content…
Though Hamlet’s sanity is questioned in the later stages of the play, notably during his conversation in act three during Hamlet’s conversation with his mother, he claims to see a ghost when his mother could not. This questions whether the ghost has the power to hide itself from certain people or Hamlet was slowly descending into madness. But this poem claimed that the ghost was just a part of his imagination, which is impossible due to other people witnessing the ghost. In the first act, Marcellus and Horatio describe the ghost as a “form of thing, each word made true and good, the apparition comes. I knew your father; these hands are not more like.” (Hamlet 1.2.210-212). The fact that four separate people saw the ghost proves that the apparition from the beginning proves that the ghost existed, even Horatio, who was described as a sceptic and a man of science supports it