Hamlet: Power vs Happiness Claudius what are your motives for killing the king‚ marrying his wife and taking on the role of father to his young son? Claudius is introduced in act I‚ ii. In this scene he has an important speech. In this speech he talks about the death of the king‚ his marriage to the queen and the foreign problems of the state. He utilizes many transitions and tends to empiseze the foreign affairs of the state. I don’t know what to make of this‚ it could mean various things.
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play Hamlet is a tragedy. Hamlet has lost his father because his power hungry uncle Claudius murdered him. Hamlet being enraged wants to desperately seek revenge. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ Hamlet delayed in killing Claudius because he was waiting for the “perfect moment”. This can be proven through exploring Hamlet’s need for the proof that the ghost was authentic‚ Hamlet not wanting to kill Claudius while he was praying‚ and his desire for a public justice. While
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others things. Revenge is developed the most with the need to kill Claudius by Hamlet. Another way revenge is embedded into the story is Laertes wants to kill Hamlet because Hamlet accidentally killed his dad‚ Polonius. The most confusing plot of revenge is young Fortinbras seeking to avenge his fathers death‚ by killing Claudius; it is confusing because Old King Hamlet killed Fortinbras‚ not Claudius. Hamlet’s revenge of Claudius is one of the main plots of the story while all of the other plots
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Hamlets use of reason reassures him that his uncle is guilty. This causes hamlet to seek revenge‚ which triggers the play. This plan upsets Claudius‚ leads hamlet into falsely killing Polonius and eventually leading him to his downfall. Another role of reason is when it acts on Hamlets superego and he overthinks his chance to kill Claudius. While Claudius is praying‚ Hamlet spying on him says‚ “Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying. And not I’ll do ’t. And so he goes to heaven. And so am
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However‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ Gertrude‚ betrays his father by remarrying with Claudius. The Ghost calls Gertrude his “most seeming – virtuous queen” which implies that she only seems to be virtuous‚ but is not.(1.5.53) To be virtuous means to be honest and moral‚ Hamlet believes that his mother is no longer either because she remarried
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GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS ENTERS.
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mother‚ Gertrude‚ remarried to his father’s brother Claudius. This infuriates Hamlet‚ and brings out his repressed Oedipus Complex. This drives Hamlet crazy. He is consumed and outraged by this incestuous marriage. Now I use the word incestuous because in those days it was considered incest to marry your husband’s brother. What needs to be explained is exactly what Hamlet it is upset over. It is to be assumed that he is outraged because Claudius has replaced his own father’s place next to his mother
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dispositions‚ Hamlet ’s hesitancy at within his first opportunity to kill Claudius‚ and when Hamlet mistakenly murders Polonius in place of the king. One of the possible climaxes is definitely the play that Hamlet plans in order to see if any visible guilt is retracted from the king upon seeing it. In this scene Hamlet confirms to himself that King Claudius is guilty of his father‚ King Hamlet ’s‚ murder. Because the play causes Claudius to have to leave upon seeing one of the actors kill his own brother
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lives but of others below them‚ and along with such power‚ happiness will result. Absolute control is absolute power which no one in the world can succeed. The more demand for control and power‚ the further one will be from happiness and true power. Claudius‚ William Shakespeare’s antagonist in “Hamlet (the play)”‚ clearly models the person whose power-hungry mind act unreasonably to gain control and power‚ thinking happiness will come along‚ but in the end only disappointment and tragedy results.
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of his own murder by Hamlet’s uncle‚ Claudius‚ Hamlet’s mind becomes increasingly flooded with impulsions. The Players’ scene seems to be a very critical moment that causes the greatest change in Hamlet’s character. In this scene‚ the re-enactment of King Hamlet’s alleged homicide triggers a visual reaction from Claudius‚ thus causing Hamlet to realize the validity of the ghost’s story. Initially Hamlet has his hesitations and uncertainties of Claudius’ innocence. It is after the Players’
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