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His attitude to his mother is clearly stated in his "hot blood" soliloquy. "Let me be cruel, not unnatural. I will speak daggers to her, but use none." Later he will say to her "I must be cruel to be kind". This is tough love, but it is love. He does not want to harm her; he wants to free her from her uncle's influence.

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