FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He wanted to be with Gertrude.
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He wanted the royal crown. He wanted the royal crown.
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He was ambitious.
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He was afraid that King Hamlet would killhim.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Claudius explains that he acted as he did, burying Polonius secretly and not punishing Hamlet for the murder, because both the common people and the queen love Hamlet very much. As a king and as a husband, he did not wish to upset either of them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Claudius, now he is alone, tries to pray; it’s interesting that Shakespeare uses the soliloquy here as a kind of ‘prayer’ or confession to us, the audience, in the absence of Claudius’ ability to confess to God.
Detailed explanation-3: -Through Claudius soliloquy, Shakespeare reveals Claudius’s inner character and further characterizes his disposition, though the remorse he feels is not for his slain brother but for the consequences he faces because of it. Shakespeare is able to depict Claudius’s internal conflict and how it reflects his character.
Detailed explanation-4: -The soliloquy is essentially all about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (or “To live or to die"). Hamlet discusses how painful and miserable human life is, and how death (specifically suicide) would be preferable, would it not be for the fearful uncertainty of what comes after death.