ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Claudius is the newly crowned King of Denmark and husband to Gertrude . He is Hamlet’s uncle. Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother and the queen. She married Claudius shortly after her husband died.

Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius is the brother of Old Hamlet and Hamlet’s uncle. After his brother’s death, he married Gertrude and became the King of Denmark and criticises Hamlet for being too upset over the death of his father. Claudius confesses that he murdered his own brother in order to get the crown and marry his wife.

Detailed explanation-3: -King Claudius is a fictional character and the main antagonist of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle and later stepfather to Prince Hamlet.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Cousin’ was used at the time to denote any number of family members. Hamlet is Claudius’ ‘son’ only by virtue of the latter’s marriage to Hamlet’s mother, and he is really his stepson.

Detailed explanation-5: -Claudius, King of Denmark Dead King Hamlet’s brother who has usurped the throne and married his sister-in-law. Gertrude, Queen of Denmark Prince Hamlet’s mother, King Hamlet’s widow, King Claudius’ wife.