King Claudius

man, however he remains a most dignified character throughout the play for his grounded morals. Following the Greek philosopher’s poetic view, the Aristotelian tragic hero, Hamlet begins with much pain from the recent death of his father, the late king, and the swift remarriage of his mother, to none other than his uncle. The joint emotions of grief, sorrow and even betrayal in such quick succession, (not to mention his own untimely death, along with his entire family), evokes pity in the…

we that have free souls, it touches us not. Let the galled jade wince;our withers are unwrung.” (III.ii.223-245) While in the midst of his play, the King comes to discomfort in knowing what he did and must find a way for the play to end before what he has done comes out. Hamlet uses inappropriate behavior by basing a play around a murder the new King had committed while acting enraged himself, in context. As just a Prince, doing this act is bold and inappropriate for his position within the…

almost every major character is dead. Two of these maddened characters are Hamlet and Ophelia, who also share a love for each other. But the Ophelia is truly mad while Hamlet is not. Hamlet is madly in order to protect himself and to test whether Claudius really killed his father, also is his elder brother, even though everyone believe he is truly mad and because of Ophelia, she reject his love. For a variety of reasons, Hamlet killed Polonius. (However, Ophelia is truly mad after her father…

for his Uncle Claudius. Subsequently, Hamlet tells Ophelia that she is insignificant because his “thoughts” of “revenge” are more important than his thoughts of affection. (3.1.131-132). Hamlet is pushing Ophelia way because she will distract him from avenging his father. Likewise, This interaction shows that Hamlet is prioritizing seeking revenge over his love life. In addition, Hamlet’s character is displayed…

many of his plays Shakespeare uses soliloquies to communicate to the audience how the characters are feeling. By this point in the play Hamlet has seen his father’s Ghost, who told him that Claudius murdered his father then quickly married his mother, and the ghost demands that his death be avenged. Claudius and Gertrude sent for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet, but he quickly figures it out and the players come into town while the old friends are talking to Hamlet. One of the…

Hamlet he was acting crazy. He grabbed her by the wrist and ran his hand down the side of her face. He stood nodding his head just staring at her for a long time which was weird to her. Her father took her to go speak with Hamlets, Uncle Claudius who is now the new king. Most people bring up the question on whether Hamlet was pretending the whole time or was he really insane. Many believe that Hamlet was insane from the beginning. Others believe that he was pretending to be insane up until the…

and downs. Prince Hamlet's tragic flaw is in inability to avenge his father's death he almost killed claudius but didn't want to kill him in prayer so he would go to heaven. Some exciting things happen in this book and I will explain with quotes and proof. Prince Hamlet is trying to avenge his father's death but loses his sanity along the way. He puts on a play to show how claudius kills King Hamlet by poisoning him called “Mouse trap” “Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift…

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a classic poem written by T.S. Elliot, in which we explore the inner thoughts of the speaker, Prufrock. Readers see how afraid he is. Prufrock is afraid of outside judgement, he is afraid that one wrong move will result in him becoming the laughingstock of the very person or group of people he so desperately wants to please. Another classic work of literature is Hamlet, written by Shakespeare. Hamlet tells the story of an angry, broken-hearted prince:…

Hamlet sanely ponders over the injustice of sending Claudius' soul to heaven while King Hamlet's soul purges. At the very beginning of Act 3 Scene 3, Claudius refers to Hamlet's madness and the insecurity of letting it roam freely. It is ironic therefore that in this scene if Hamlet had been genuinely mad he would not have philosophised and waited for a more revengeful moment to murder Claudius. He would not have had the ability to rationalise and conclude that 'this is hire…

the play, “Gertrude’s flaw of lust made Claudius’s ambition possible, for without taking advantage of the Queen’s desire still to be married, he could not have been king.” (232) By suggesting this idea, it shows that Gertrude’s actions created the plot of Hamlet trying to kill Claudius. By marrying Claudius and allowing him to become king, Gertrude triggered a series of events that led to…