King Claudius

In Hamlet, the tragedy written by William Shakespeare, King Claudius begins the Act I, scene II by announcing his recent marriage to his murder brother’s wife, Gertrude. After the announcement, he is brought a letter from Fortinbras demanding the land his father lost returned to Norway. He sends Voltimand and Cornelius to speak to the King of Norway about his vengeful nephew. Claudius is then presented Laertes, who seeks permission to return to France and is granted the right to leave Denmark.…

Hamlet is no exception. In Hamlet, Hamlet learns from the ghost of his father that his father is killed by his uncle who is now the king and his stepdad. This leads Hamlet into madness where he has relationship issues with his girlfriend, Ophelia, who is the daughter of the king’s advisor, Polonius. Polonius is killed when Hamlet accidentally stabs him trying to kill Claudius. All of this happens due to Hamlet going mad over the grief of his father’s death and the incestous marriage of his…

1601 to 1609, Shakespeare crafted his four great tragedies: King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, and Hamlet. All four of these plays contain a tragic hero, who either dies or experiences a dramatic downfall because of his tragic flaw. Hamlet’s tragic flaw is his inability to act to avenge his father's death; however, corruption in Denmark is also a prevalent issue throughout the play. In Hamlet, as Hamlet leaves to follow his ghostly father King Hamlet, Marcellus states that “Something is rotten in the…

relationship with Claudius even prior to the death of King Hamlet. However, this was not really indicated in the play and merely a product of the wrong understanding of Gertrude’s character. Nevertheless, it does not take away the fact that Prince Hamlet got angry of her for marrying his uncle Claudius in such a short span of time after his father died. He felt disrespected by this decision of her mother so this triggered a conflict between Gertrude and Prince…

Hamlet and The Lion King have numerous similarities and differences. Although Hamlet is an exquisite novel and The Lion King is a Disney animated film, they both are very similar. These two forms of entertainment are also exceedingly different from each other. Many of you are thinking of course the Lion King and Hamlet are different but they are very similar. In both the Lion King and the Hamlet, there are royal families. Simba is the prince and his father was the King. As in Hamlet, he is the…

answers for the question of whether hamlet is sane or insane when it is considered in two perspectives. Apparently Hamlet does not consider himself insane, but his actions seem to be considered insane to other people, like Polonius, the Queen and the King. If a person is living completely by himself/herself, there is no criteria which can be used to judge whether the person is sane or insane. Also, linking back to the definition of “sanity” and “insanity”, they have different meanings to…

he makes. Hamlet faces a dilemma when his deceased father orders him to kill Claudius. Hamlet wants revenge for his father, but he also knows that revenge and murder are sins and that he could end up in hell or in Purgatory with his…

judgment, without the which we are pictures or mere beasts”(Act 4.5.91-93). In this quote, King Claudius describes to his wife Gertrude, as Ophelia as being “divided from herself ” towards the end of the play. In other words, Ophelia is losing her mind. Although, what causes Ophelia to go mad? In William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, the motif of madness caused by the feud of Hamlet and his stepfather, King Claudius contaminate the state of Denmark like a disease/sickness. Much evidence is…

him, and his devious personality allows him to use this to his advantage. He must kill his uncle Claudius to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet is given very simple instructions but has a lot of trouble executing his plan due to his indecisiveness. Throughout Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet,…

or to Claudius about how unnecessary it is to mourn King Hamlet’s death. In Act I scene II, she reprimands Hamlet for how upset he is about his father’s death when it is natural that “all that lives must die” (I.ii.74). When she says this, she demonstrates her lack of sadness over the loss of her husband, which shows that she did not feel the same love for him as he did for her and could have just married for position, which would also explain why she was so okay with quickly marrying Claudius.…