Claudius Character Analysis

The quote above is said by the character, Claudius, in Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. These lines introduce Claudius as a character and through the specific phraseology used, his personality is also shown. Claudius’ conniving nature is revealed in the line, “with an auspicious and a dropping eye” which means that he looks with two “eyes” or sides towards the events that has taken place. He is optimistic about his marriage but he claims to be mourning as well. It is awfully suspicious that he is feeling joyful and mournful at the same time, so these two sides may hint towards Claudius’ personality as being a two-faced person. His suspicious character is further illustrated in the next line where he says “with mirth in funeral, and with dirge in