Thursday, March 21, 2019
Hamlet: Power vs Happiness :: Shakespeare Hamlet Essays
Claudius what are your motives for killing the great power, marrying his wifeand taking on the aim of let to his young son? Claudius is introduced in act I, ii. In this nip he has an importantspeech. In this speech he duologue virtually the death of the king, his marriage to the big businessman and the extraneous problems of the state. He utilizes many transitions andtends to empiseze the foreign affairs of the state. I dont know what to make ofthis, it could imply various things. It could mean that Claudius is making a grabfor power submitn in his concentration on the foreign polices trying to distractfrom his lust for power, along with his marriage to the queen giving the changein leadership a smoother and more acceptable feel. He also down plays the deathof the formal king so that he can redirect the peoples attention to his plansand the problems of the state. But I could mean something else Im not sure.Later on in this scene Claudius talks to Hamlet, Hamlet is very depr essed,Claudius gives hamlet some comforting and fatherly advice here(predicate) trying to get himout of his deep depression. But what is his true pauperization here is he trying toget hamlet as a backer for his new rain, so he is just lying and manipulatinghamlet, or back breaker he have true and deep feelings for Hamlet and is just trying tohelp hamlet and was no self-interest in it. I feel right now that it a bit ofboth I think he cares about hamlet but would also similar him to support his riseto power. Next we come to act II, ii, hamlet has make many strange comments andactions lately, many people think he is going, or has gone insane. Claudius envisions two of Hamlets good friends to spy on him and try to find out what wrongwith him. At this point we know that Hamlet knows that Claudius killed hisfather but we dont know whether Claudius knows that hamlet knows or even if hesuspects, this flap a strange light on this scene. First if Claudius suspectshamlet knows that he ki lled his father then we might assume that Claudius issending these spy to find out for sure if he knows, but if he dose not suspecthamlet then this might be another show of Claudiuss affection towards Hamlet.So the same question keeps coming up dose Claudius like Hamlet or is he justusing him? At this point it to hard to tell so we must delve deeper in to the
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