Claudius' motives to kill the old King Hamlet was to become King himself, to be more important and powerful than he was before and also to marry Gertrude whom he loved. ... Hamlet refers to King Claudius as a "bloody, bawdy villain" (2.2.580). ... When Hamlet finally realizes he needs to go through with his destiny, he returns to Denmark, where he continues to procrastinate the killing of King Claudius. ... Hamlet found out that King Claudius had people waiting for his arrival in England to murder him and that is when the delaying of his destiny came to an end, he headed back t...

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In Hamlet, Claudius has disrupted the Greater Chain of Being and subsequently, King Hamlet's Ghost has corrupted Hamlet's Renaissance mindset and morals in demanding he avenge his father's death. In accordance to Denmark's laws of succession, Claudius seeks after Gertrude due to her royal blood, corrupting her into a hasty marriage, thereby also corrupting the state. ... The murder of Old King Hamlet has caused Claudius' mindset to become corrupted in order to control Denmark for himself. ... At the beginning of the play, Claudius is appearing to be a good king in ord...

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Before the court meeting begins in the king's castle, Claudius becomes aware about Hamlet's grief, which intense feeling of his son the king can't comprehend; therefore, Claudius demeans Hamlet's emotions to obtain his control over Hamlet's spirit of agony. ... Unable to show any authentic sorrow for his recently dead brother, the king of Denmark opens his meeting with the lords in his castle in scene 2 with how his brother's death is "far hath discretion fought with nature" (1.2.5), after such "touching moment" the king moves on to discuss the...

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To begin, King Hamlet's first appearance in Denmark in the first scene displayed a dark and gloomy beginning to set the mood of the play. ... At the time, Claudius wished to steal his wife and become king of the country of Denmark. The ghost demands Hamlet to avenge his death from King Claudius immediately. ... As Hamlet continues to plan revenge on King Claudius, it is almost as if he changes his state of mind. ... Death is not only on Hamlet's mind but also on King Claudius' mind as well. ...

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Unable to show any authentic sorrow for his recently dead brother, the king of Denmark opens his meeting with the lords in his castle in scene 2 with how his brother's death is "far hath discretion fought with nature" (1.2.5), after such "touching moment" the king moves on to discuss their political situation. Claudius' introduction to Hamlet's grief, makes the king naively questions his son with no understanding of "how is it that the clouds still hang on [Hamlet]?... As Claudius chastises Hamlet, the king seeks for control over Hamlet's unrealisti...

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Hamlet's "Madness" Hamlet was the prince of Denmark, son of the assassinated King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude, and nephew to Claudius. ... I also believe that he was a man of high moral standards, in fact, higher than most of the people in Denmark at that time. ... The ghost of the previous king gave Hamlet the solution that he needed. The ghost also beseeched Hamlet to " Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest," which implies that Hamlet was required to not only restore his honor, but to restore the honor of all of Denmark as well! ... He slightly...

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"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (Act I, Scene IV). ... After King Hamlet is murdered, his ghost appears to Hamlet demanding the revenge of his murder, accusing his brother Claudius. ... Laertes shall be king!'... When Laertes questions King Claudius about the ambiguity surrounding Hamlet's freedom from punishment, Claudius responds by pointing out "the great love the general gender bear [Hamlet]" (Act IV, Scene VII). ... Queen Gertrude drinks from a cup of poison although King Claudius attempts to warn her against doing so. ...

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King Hamlet was a very strong leader of Denmark. ... King Claudius, Hamlets evil brother, craved power more than anything, which eventually lead to his decision to poison King Hamlet. While King Hamlet was in his rose garden, King Claudius slyly poured the poison in King Hamlet's ear. ... As if taking a mans life isn't enough, King Claudius proceeds to take King Hamlet's wife as well. ... As if taking a mans life isn't enough, King Claudius proceeds to take King Hamlet's wife as well. ...

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" At last, the evidence overcomes his moral reluctance to believe such foul suspicions, and Hamlet is convinced of the guilt of the actual king, Claudius, his uncle. ... Although Hamlet himself desires to see Claudius pay for his crime, he realizes the evil in the deed of killing the king. ... But the ghost's request is not that of killing Claudius, this is just as Hamlet sees the act of revenge. ... " Finally, Hamlet kills Claudius but not to fulfill the Ghost's request, for he does not trust her. ... In the Hamlet admits to Horatio that "special providence" ha...

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This opinion of Hamlet is, however, quickly changed as Hamlet confronts the ghost of his father, the former King of Denmark. The interaction King Hamlet's ghost and Hamlet marks the starting point of Hamlet's metamorphosis, for King Hamlet presents Hamlet with a charge to "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (1.5.25). Hamlet, idolizing his father as "so excellent a king" and even comparing him to a "hyperion", accepts this charge and thus makes it his obsession to kill the murderer of this noble father, Claudius, the new ruler of Denmark (1.2.139). In the conversation between...

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Hamlet knows that killing Claudius will only result in the death of himself, killing a king was considered high treason and the murderer would be immediately put to death. ... He wants his father and him to be respected after their passing, he doesn't want his father to be remembered as king who was killed by a snakebite, he also doesn't want Claudius to be remembered as a great king that he never was, nor himself as a murdering mad man. He wants the kingdom to know how Old Hamlet was murdered by the devious King Claudius and then they will know the truth and reasoning behind his ...

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"Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" edited by Alfred Harbage is truly one of the classic examples of a tragedy. ... Whenever he gains opportunity to kill Claudius, he does not act instantly and seems to be lost in thoughts instead, but why? ... Lastly, because he did not want Claudius to repent his sins and wanted to make sure Claudius suffered after he died. ... There could be no justice from the state, because the murderer himself was now king. ... No, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. ...

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Hamlet will have the players act out a scene that will resemble his father's murder and during the play he will observe Claudius and from his reaction he will know finally the truth behind the murder of his father. ... The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King- (2.2.580-635). ... Firstly he is at prayer and murdering the king during this would allow him to go to Heaven, which is not the proper punishment for Claudius. Furthermore Hamlet knows if he kills the King now the country of Denmark could face trouble both economically and politically. ... His act...

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If he had actually acted out his father's revenge, he would have fed Claudius' guts to all of the region kites of scavenging birds, by now. ... He wants to make sure that the Ghost is really the spirit of his father and not some spirit sent from the devil to lead him into a seriously wicked act, as killing one's king would be. ... This is how he's the [guilty] conscience of the King"" (Hamlet/Line 562). ... He also believes that it is entirely plausible he has imagined that his mother and Claudius are acting amiss due to his melancholy. Throughout this whole speech, he i...

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The Shakespearian play "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" offers a puzzling main character by presenting an apparent sane man portraying an insane one for revenge. ... He already believes Claudius is the culprit. Apparently, this was his master plan to show King Claudius he knew about his father. However, the show implied that a nephew was the killer and alerted the king to take measures against Hamlet thereby, making the court and the king wary of Hamlet's behaviors. ... His suspicions about the King have been confirmed and he has revealed the secret of his madness act to the King. ...

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