I think he was afraid Hamlet was going to find out that Claudius killed Hamlet's father.
At first he is afraid until he realized it was his father who has come to tell him about his murder by his brother and wife. This sets Hamlet on the course to revenge his father.
Hamlet....always has been and always will be Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. There is no other play like it. I love Hamlet....and it does not sing to a modern audience the way that Edward Albee does.
Othello Hamlet Romeo and Juliette Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf A man for all seasons
The context demands that Hamlet is using conscience in the French sense of "consciousness" ,"awareness". It is the anticipation of death - or of its possible sequel in an afterlife that Christianity would have us believe highly unpleasant for those committing the sin of suicide - that makes us shy away from this "consummation devoutly to be wished".
the play is called Hamlet and was writing by William Shakespeare.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet
He suggests that what keeps people from killing themselves is fear of what happens after death. He compares the body to a "coil" that is "shuffl'd off" at death .
Hamlet is disposed to believe ill of Claudius. He dislikes him and resents his marriage to his mother. That is why when the Ghost names Claudius as his murderer, Hamlet says "O my prophetic soul!"--he had already suspected as much. Because we hear Claudius admit his guilt (just before the "To Be or Not to Be" speech and in Claudius's "O my offence is rank" soliloquy) we know that the ghost is telling the truth. Otherwise, it might be plausible to believe that Claudius is innocent, as everyone including Gertrude seems to believe.
Hamlet Sr (Old Hamlet) was the King of Denmark and Hamlet Jr's (Hamlet) father. Hamlet Sr dies at the beginning of the play and the story follows Hamlet Jr as the main character. Hope this helps, Have a great day.
No, Hamlet is an only child.
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Hamlet stabbed him with the poisoned sword which Laertes had poisoned to kill Hamlet. He was, in Hamlet's phrase, "hoist with his own petard."