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Detailed explanation-1: -Claudius wants Hamlet to stay around because he is concerned that Hamlet is acting strangely and Claudius wants to make sure Hamlet is no threat to his plans by monitoring his every move.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamlet-Claudius Hamlet admits that Claudius is now more than a family relation but he does not like him or his actions. Hamlet doesn’t like the fact that Claudius has married his mother only weeks after his father died. Claudius also tells Hamlet not to grieve for his father so much.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet loved his mother and wanted to forgive her, but he planned to revenge his uncle who practically ruined his family. Hamlet loved his mother without feeling he was betraying his father. He loved her as a son, although she remarried very soon after his father’s death.

Detailed explanation-4: -Claudius reminds Hamlet that he is next in line to the throne, and asks him not to return to school in Wittenberg, a request that Gertrude reiterates. Hamlet acquiesces without enthusiasm. Satisfied that they have had their way, Claudius and Gertrude leave Hamlet to his own thoughts.