Hamlet: Power vs Happiness :: Shakespeare Hamlet Essays

Claudius what are your motives for killing the king, marrying his wifeand taking on the role of father to his juvenile son? Claudius is introduced in act I, ii. In this scene he has an importantspeech. In this speech he talks most the death of the king, his marriage to the pouf and the foreign problems of the state. He utilizes many transitions andtends to empiseze the foreign affairs of the state. I dont jockey what to make ofthis, it could mean various things. It could mean that Claudius is making a grabfor designer shown 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 throngs attention to his plansand the problems of the state. solely I could mean something else Im non sure.Later on in this scene Claudius talks to Hamlet, Hamlet is very depressed,Claudius give s critical point some comforting and fatherly advice present trying to get himout of his deep depression. But what is his true motivation here is he trying toget hamlet as a disciple for his new rain, so he is just lying and manipulatinghamlet, or dose he have true and deep feelings for Hamlet and is just trying to jockstrap 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 interchangeable him to support his riseto power. Next we come to act II, ii, hamlet has made many strange comments andactions lately, many people think he is going, or has gone insane. Claudiusfinds 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 cast a strange light on this scene. First if Claudius suspectshamlet knows that he killed 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