Two is to somehow induce her to stop loving Claudius. ... Gertrude would also not condemn Hamlet for killing or attempting to kill Claudius if she did not love Claudius. ... Thus, she would stop loving Claudius. ... Ultimately, of course, Hamlet decides to kill Claudius. ... Most importantly, his mother, in drinking Claudius' drink and thus poisoning herself, becomes conscious of Claudius' treachery. ...
While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore; this mission of Hamlet's is in stark contrast to Claudius' fervent effort to obscure the truth of King Hamlet's murder. The question of Hamlet's sanity is irrelevant, but instead his melancholy disposition is the centering aspect of the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. ... Claudius assures himself the crown by murdering the King while Hamlet is away at Wittenberg. Not only is Hamlet offended that he is not King, but he que...
Hamlet - A Friend of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Prince of Denmark. ... Claudius may be one, since he seems to care little about them, wanting only to use them for his own purposes. ... Claudius--who hardly knows Hamlet, let alone Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-- calls them, so they must come. ... Finally, they realize that the King has sent for them. ... (They were taking a letter to the English King, telling him to execute Hamlet, and Hamlet changed it with a letter that asked the English King to execute Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.) ...
