1. No‚ Gertrude does not tell Claudius the entire truth about what happened between her and Hamlet. She tells him that Hamlet killed Polonius and that Hamlet is going insane. Hamlet advised her to tell Claudius that he is crazy and not tell him that she knows that he is faking it. 2. Claudius understands the implications of Hamlet’s killing Polonius. He orders Hamlet to be sent to England and secretly arranges him to be put to death when he is in England. Claudius understands that he could have
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represented in “Hamlet”‚ the sin that is most responsible for the death and destruction in the story is wrath because it is shown by Claudius‚ Hamlet‚ and Laertes. Wrath is choosing to respond with hate and anger towards someone rather than responding with peace and understanding. Claudius is one of the characters who showed wrath the most in Hamlet. To begin the book‚ Claudius sets the entire plot in action by killing his brother and taking over as king and also taking Gertrude to be his wife. There may
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substance on which to hang a characterization. We can examine her through what others say about her more than through what she says. That she is "the imperial jointress" to the throne of Denmark indicates that she wields some power and suggests that Claudius’ decision to marry her had political implications. Yet Hamlet indicts all women by calling her fickle — "frailty‚ thy name is woman." We see through Hamlet the picture of a woman who one day lived obediently and in the shadow of one king to whom
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Elsinore. Hamlet senior’s brother‚ Claudius‚ has assumed the old king’s place in more ways than one -- as ruler of Denmark and as a second husband to Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother--with less than two months having passed since the king’s death. The prince‚ profoundly disturbed by the shocking speed of these events‚ struggles to find meaning in his radically altered world. The old king’s ghost tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius and exhorts him to kill Claudius in revenge; Hamlet vows to think
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As the scene opens‚ Claudius is horrified by Hamlet’s play and believes that it is not safe to let Hamlet’s craziness get out of hand. Claudius’s plan for Hamlet is to send him to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern showed loyalty for the King and Queen by doing what they were asked to. However‚ they showed disloyalty towards Hamlet by going against him just to follow through with the King and Queens demands. Claudius reveals that he had killed his older brother
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“[realizes] that someone is behind the arras and [suspects] that it might be Claudius‚ [crying]‚ “How now! a rat?” (III.iv.22). In the wake of Claudius unchristian and corrupt deed‚ Hamlet becomes severely emotionally distraught to the point of going against one of the staple moral codes of his religion. Additionally‚ Hamlet dehumanizing Claudius to the level of a rat not only validates Hamlet’s negative view of Claudius‚ but reveals the animal that Hamlet will become if he breaks the Christian morals
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following King Hamlet ’s death‚ the widowed Queen Gertrude remarried Claudius‚ the King ’s brother. Prince Hamlet sees the union of his mother and uncle as a "hasty and incestuous" act (Charles Boyce‚ 232). He then finds out that Claudius is responsible for his father ’s treacherous murder. His father ’s ghost asks Hamlet to avenge his death and Hamlet agrees. He plans very carefully‚ making sure that he doesn ’t kill Claudius when in he has already been forgiven for his sins. Hamlet accidentally
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“Something is rotten in the State of Denmark” (1.5.100) “Taint not thy mind” (1.5.85). King Hamlet speaks those words to Hamlet after his untimely demise in the play The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is devastated to learn that his father has been killed‚ and by his very own uncle nonetheless. This causes Hamlet to become very vengeful‚ but methodical at first. However‚ as the play progresses‚ he cannot control himself and has moments of outrage‚ depression
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Brutus and Hamlet reflect at length over the need to act‚ Brutus is able immediately to act while Hamlet is not. Hamlet is stuck thinking too precisely on th’ event-. Hamlet’s father‚ the king of Denmark‚ has died suddenly. The dead king’s brother‚Claudius‚ marries Hamlet’s mother and swiftly assumes the throne‚ a throne that Hamlet fully expected would be his upon the death of his father. Hamlet’s father’s ghost confronts Hamlet and tells him that his death was not natural‚ as reported‚ but instead
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Shakespeare often kills most of the important characters in his plays. Hamlet‚ is no exception. Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. Before the play begins‚ Hamlet’s father (the King of Denmark) is assassinated by his own brother‚ Claudius. Before the play even begins‚ people relevant have already died. The reader expects that Denmark will be a location of lots of action. Hamlet has an effect on Denmark. If Hamlet did not exist‚ all of the characters in the play would not be dead. Obviously not everyone
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