In hamlet What is the king's response?

Answer 1

"The King rises." Of course the text is not clear about exactly what Claudius is feeling when he rises. Certainly the representation of his murder of Hamlet Sr. has hit home--we know that from the following scene where he struggles with his guilt. On the one hand Claudius may rise because he is horrified by the memory of his crime, and he is distracted. On the other, Claudius may recognise the play for exactly what it is, may understand exactly what is troubling Hamlet, and rises because he refuses to put up with any more. The first may be called the "Claudius out of control" reading and the latter may be called the "Claudius in control" reading. Either one works.

Answer 2

I can't give you a response unless I know what he is supposed to be responding to. "Thanks Rosencrantz and gentle Guildenstern" is a response to what those two guys tell him at the beginning of Act III Scene I for example..

Answer 3

Of course, it was not the performance of the actors that Hamlet had come to see, but the performance of Claudius. He was very pleased with Claudius's performance, which confirmed the ghost's story. In fact he was at once gleeful and in a mood to "drink hot blood".

Answer 4

The King freaked out because that's exactly how it went down for him and he was also feeling a bit guilty. What that meant to Hamlet and Horatio was that the King was feeling guilty.

Answer 5

that he felt guilty watching the play which reenacted king cludius killing king hamlet by pouring poison in his ear

Answer 6

They both concluded that his behaviour indicated guilt, and specifically of the crime the Ghost had accused him of.