the play who expressed selfishness was King Claudius. King Claudius is selfish because he wants money and power. King Claudius showed selfishness when he did not want to kill Hamlet because it would ruin his reputation. Another way he expressed selfishness, was when Polonius was killed. He did not acknowledge his death or worried about Queen Gertrude's safety, which showed how self-centered he was. Lastly, when Hamlet encounters his father’s ghost, he tells Hamlet that it was Claudius who had killed
story Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The king of Denmark, Claudius was portrayed as a caring man to its modern day audience, when he was trying to figure out why his nephew Hamlet was so depress. But due to some circumstantial events that took place in this story. It resulted in the modern day audience to shift its views on Claudius as a good and caring king to an evil and dastardly one, when in Act four Scene five, Shakespeare suggest that Claudius the king of Denmark is now at the point where his
Hamlet is a morally conscious, sensitive and reflective person who is true to his own principles. That is to say, Hamlet believes that his ideas and behavior are morally superior than those of other people that surround him, especially King Claudius. But after Hamlet’s disturbing murder of Polonius at the end of Act 3, the portrayal of Hamlet’s integrity conveys the impression that Hamlet’s temperament resembles that of King Claudius. As an illustration to this last statement, Hamlet has assassinated
father-in-law Claudius, the new king. He thinks this because of what he learned from the ghost of his father, King Hamlet, and because of various occurrences that he has witnessed Claudius perform that would be synonymous with that of the king’s killer. But should he kill Claudius? As far as revenge goes, Hamlet’s is about as justified as it can be. The first reason Hamlet’s revenge is justified is the most simplistic, the obligation he has to his father. According to the ghost of King Hamlet, the
fathers is killing the one responsible themselves. A son who lost a father in battle, one who lost a father to greed, and the last who lost his father by mistake. Old King Fortinbras of Norway lost his life in a just battle to Old King Hamlet while losing land in the process. Old King Hamlet is murdered by his own brother through greed and jealousy. Polonius was killed by mistake, thought to be another person. Each father who was killed, had a son who wanted revenge. Although each son lost a father that
In the movie, The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff and William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the brother of King Hamlet and the brother of King Mufasa proclaim themselves the newfound kings after secretly killing their brothers. The kings both die at the hands of their power hungry brothers, Claudius and Scar, who are parallel characters. In reality, Claudius and Scar are poison for the kingdom. Both of these characters put up a front to make people, who are most vulnerable and in
Sympathy for Claudius In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, King Claudius is undoubtedly evil and immoral in the eyes of Prince Hamlet. King Claudius managed to kill his own brother in order to marry his late brother’s wife, and take the throne. Though the murder and marriage was evil, haste, and unjust, Claudius has limited success in making readers/audiences feel sympathy towards him when he began showing his remorse and guilt. Claudius has a complex personality; and although he committed
characters. These characters that want to seek revenge are Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras. Hamlet seeks revenge for his father’s death and so does Fortinbras and Laertes later on. Hamlet is confronted by a mysterious ghost and this ghost is the dead king, Hamlets father. The ghost wants to tell Hamlet something and Hamlet acknowledges it by saying, “Speak: I am bound to hear.”(Act 1, Scene 5, line 6). Hamlet listens and the ghost replies, “So art thou to revenge, when thou shart hear.” (Act 1, scene
compel him to seek vengeance and justice for his father. These forces in the mind of Hamlet also make him question his morality and whether his goal to murder Claudius is for a right reason. Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, is the cause of Hamlet's anger and crave for justice because he poisoned his father. In the beginning of the play, the ghost of King Hamlet reveals to Hamlet how the real murder played out. The relevance of this gives Hamlet the duty to avenge his father. Although Hamlet’s duty is to serve
being of Denmark. Denmark is persistently being labeled as a body (state) that’s become hostile by the moral corruption of Claudius, Polonius, Laertes and the existence of the ghost-King Hamlet as a mystic prophecy signifying “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4.67). This remark by Marcellus foreshadows the events of corruption in Denmark hence its new ruler- Claudius. The ghost was depicted as