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Claudius denies Hamlet from heading back to Wittenberg. It should be noted that Hamlet made the choice himself, but was persuaded by Claudius to say no.
We cannot answer that. We know that Claudius was in love with her before King Hamlet's death because he lists "his queen" as one of the motives of the murder. Whether she reciprocated we cannot say.
I guess you could say that Hamlet's first attempt to kill Claudius was when he stabbed Polonius, since he says "I took thee for thy better." At that time Claudius was probably still downstairs somewhere.
When Gertrude inadvertently drinks the poison and dies, Hamlet is at last able to bring himself to kill Claudius, and the king is felled by his own cowardly machination. Addition: Act 5, Scene II: "HAMLET The point!--envenom'd too! Then, venom, to thy work. Stabs KING CLAUDIUS All Treason! treason! KING CLAUDIUS O, yet defend me, friends; I am but hurt. HAMLET Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, Drink off this potion. Is thy union here? Follow my mother. KING CLAUDIUS dies"
Hamlet was a mass murderer. First he stabbed Polonius while he was evesdropping behind a curtain. Then he forged an order for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to be put to death. Laertes was next murdered by Hamlet in the fencing match where Laertes had the posioned sword. Hamlet ended up with it and cut Laertes. Finally, Hamlet killed Claudius. That's five people.
Claudius denies Hamlet from heading back to Wittenberg. It should be noted that Hamlet made the choice himself, but was persuaded by Claudius to say no.
Claudius and Gertrude
We cannot answer that. We know that Claudius was in love with her before King Hamlet's death because he lists "his queen" as one of the motives of the murder. Whether she reciprocated we cannot say.
People who expect the monarchy to pass by primogeniture (as the English monarchy does and did in Shakespeare's day) would expect Prince Hamlet to have been the heir to King Hamlet. Thus it is ironic for Claudius to say that Hamlet is most immediate to Claudius's throne because by the rules of primogeniture, Claudius has usurped and Claudius should be the most immediate to Hamlet's throne. There is a further irony in that in fact in Denmark at the time, the rules of primogeniture did not apply and Claudius would indeed have been the rightful heir, especially having married the widow of the previous king, but the audience, thinking they know better, would consider him to be a usurper.
I guess you could say that Hamlet's first attempt to kill Claudius was when he stabbed Polonius, since he says "I took thee for thy better." At that time Claudius was probably still downstairs somewhere.
When Gertrude inadvertently drinks the poison and dies, Hamlet is at last able to bring himself to kill Claudius, and the king is felled by his own cowardly machination. Addition: Act 5, Scene II: "HAMLET The point!--envenom'd too! Then, venom, to thy work. Stabs KING CLAUDIUS All Treason! treason! KING CLAUDIUS O, yet defend me, friends; I am but hurt. HAMLET Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, Drink off this potion. Is thy union here? Follow my mother. KING CLAUDIUS dies"
It's hard to say, since we never see Hamlet at this time, but it is plausible that he never liked Claudius and the marriage only makes it worse.
Claudius advises Hamlet to stop mourning his father's death and start celebrating the marriage between him and Hamlet's mother. He calls Hamlet's attitude"stubborn and unmanly." A little insensitive considering Hamlet's father has only been dead for 2 months at the time.
Hamlet was a mass murderer. First he stabbed Polonius while he was evesdropping behind a curtain. Then he forged an order for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to be put to death. Laertes was next murdered by Hamlet in the fencing match where Laertes had the posioned sword. Hamlet ended up with it and cut Laertes. Finally, Hamlet killed Claudius. That's five people.
Laertes challenges Hamlet to a Fencing contest. Laertes treats his blade with poison and Claudius has a backup plan of poisoning Hamlet's wine.
Because he believes that because King Claudius is praying, he soul will be cleansed. Because of this, he would not be damned to hell or purgatory when he dies. Instead, Hamlet decides to wait until King Claudius has slept with the Queen later that night before killing him (theoretically his soul would be sullied because of this). The reason this is such a big deal is because the ghost of old King Hamlet wanders trapped in purgatory since he didn't have a chance to confess his sins.
Conflict between man and man, wouldn't you say? Can you make an argument for it being between man and nature? Do you think Hamlet and Claudius are the same person? When you ask a question like this, you are showing that you do not understand the three kinds of conflict or what is happening in Hamlet or both. Having an answer without understanding it will ultimately be of no use to you.