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    4.1 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

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    Claudius: “But now‚ my cousin Hamlet and my son‚” 
Hamlet: [Aside] “A little more than kin‚ and less than kind” Claudius: “How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

” Hamlet: “Not so‚ my lord; I am too much i’ the sun.” 

Gertrude: “Good Hamlet‚ cast thy nighted color off”. (1.2.66-70) Hamlet’s continued mourning while Claudius is needfully desirous that Hamlet stop mourning his father’s death and start celebrating his mother’s new husband‚ the country’s new King and his own new father.

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    1. Literature Reservoir: Macbeth Summary A ghost appears at Elsinore Castle on a dark winter night. The watchmen bring Prince Hamlet‚ the son of Gertrude‚ along with Horatio‚ a friend of Hamlet‚ to see the ghost. The ghost turns out to be the spirit of Hamlet’s deceased father‚ former King of Denmark‚ and tells his son the true story of his death—Claudius in fact murdered the former king when Claudius slipped poison in the king’s ears while he was sleeping in the garden in order to seize

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    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 have been several reasons why he did this‚ but the main reason was because he was angry that his brother was the one who was favored and had power instead of him. This led him to develop a hatred toward his brother which

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    Claudius’ actions and behaviour. His thirst for power and possession leads to the destruction of other characters as well as his own tragic downfall. The political corruption of Claudius is evident as he kills his own brother to become king and marries Gertrude in an incestuous relationship. Claudius says‚ “This cannot be‚ since I am still possessed of those effects for which I did the murder‚ my crown‚ mine own ambition‚ and my queen.” (III‚ iii‚ 56-58) In this quote Claudius admits his foul murder but

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    Hamlet's First Soliloquy

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    rest of the story‚ being Hamlet’s hatred of Claudius and resentment of his mother. Previous to this soliloquy we learn that King Hamlet’s brother‚ Claudius‚ has become the new king of Denmark by entering into an incestuous marriage with Queen Gertrude‚ the late king’s wife. Claudius has made a grandiose‚ eloquent speech presenting him and his wife to the court‚ manipulating and distracting his audience from the abnormality of the situation. Hamlet‚ naturally still mourning his father’s death‚

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    pebbles should be thrown on her; yet here she is allow ’d her virgin crants” (lines 231-232). Suicide is a symbol of sin and guilt‚ which cannot be washed (Ophelia drowns). The death of Ophelia becomes a real tragedy for her family and Hamlet. Queen Gertrude cries: “I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet ’s wife: I thought thy bride-bed to have deck ’d‚ sweet maid” (lines 243-244). The evolution of emotional perception of the world and values is depicted through the state of grief and madness. On

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    If one wants to truly understand the psychological implications of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the primary focus should be on the character Hamlet‚ and how he develops and modifies throughout the play. Using the fundamentals of the psychoanalytic perspective of critical evaluation‚ one would be able to truly identify and explore the true nature of Hamlet‚ and the effects that his character has on the situation surrounding him. In order to gain a true understanding of most of the detail that is

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    Hamlet Act 4 Essay

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    note that the premise of Act 4 isn’t to provide “filler”‚ although in tragedies‚ the idea that there need to be events to tie the ‘deaths’ in ACT 3 [Polonius] and the major climatic turners [The Mouse Trap‚ Claudius praying‚ Hamlet’s encounter with Gertrude and the reappearance of the Ghost] provides a means for Act 4 to provide the mechanism of “jointure for dramatically altered events to take shape” (Frye) Additionally‚ the methodology of Act 4 is often rife with awfully “unfortunate tragedies‚ not

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    the queens life. The second scheme in the play of one charter entrapping another is Hamlet killing Claudius. Hamlet did not like or admire Claudius because when King Hamlet died Claudius married Gertrude. This was wrong because Claudius was King Hamlet’s brother and because of how quickly Gertrude moved on from King Hamlet. These issues alone did not lead to little Hamlet’s desire of killing Claudius. King Hamlet came back to Earth as a ghost and explained how Claudius was responsible for his

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