There cannot be a strong country without a strong leader, and a king is considered a symbol of his land. Claudius, despite the bloody way he gained power, was the king. Claudius did in fact keep Fortinbras from taking over his kingdom for some time, but his obsession for power ruined the kingdom. Despite being king he is also a murderer, liar, manipulator and a villain. He murdered his own brother, stole his nephew’s throne, and married his sister-in-law, which was considered incest at the time. One quality that Claudius is lacking is respect. Claudius can be blamed for the deaths of Hamlet, Laertes, Queen Gertrude, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and also his own. If the public would have known any of the sinful acts that King Claudius had done to obtain the throne, the mere thought of viewing Claudius, as any kind of leader, let alone a king would have been impossible. It takes a man with qualities such as Hamlet to run a kingdom like Denmark.…