Claudius, the Bad Guy in Shakespeares Hamlet Essay -- Shakespeare Ham

Claudius the Bad Guy in Hamlet This essay will thoroughly delineate the character of King Claudius in Shakespeares Hamlet, show his place in the drama, and interpret his character -- with the assistance of literary critics. Philip Burton in Hamlet discusses Claudius sudden rise to the Danish nates upon the devastation of King Hamlet I The fact that Claudius has become king is not really surprising. Only late in the play does Hamlet complain that his uncle had popped in between the choice and my hopes. The country had been in a nervous state expecting an invasion by young Fortinbras, at the head of a law slight resound of adventurers, in revenge for his fathers death at the hands of King Hamlet. A strong new king was immediately needed the election of Claudius, particularly in the absence of Hamlet, was inevitable. What is much, it was immediately justified, because Claudius manages to dispel the threat of invasion by appealing to the King of Norway to curb his nephew, Forti nbras the ambitious young soldier was the more ready to cancel the projected invasion because the object of his revenge, Hamlets father, was now dead, and in return he received free passage through with(predicate) Denmark to fight against Poland (Burton). The drama opens after Hamlet has just returned from Wittenberg, England, where he has been a student. What brought him home was the news of his fathers death and his uncles accession to the throne of Denmark. Hamlet has also learned the disturbing news of the new kings oerhasty marriage to Hamlet Is wife less than two months after the funeral. It would seem initially that Gertrude, rather than Claudius, is to blame for the protagonists violent emotions (Smith 80) thus ... ...et.htm Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Lectures and Notes on Shakspere and Other face Poets. London George Bell and Sons, 1904. p. 342-368. http//ds.dial.pipex.com/thomas_larque/ham1-col.htm Faucit, Helena (Lady Martin). On Some of Shakespeares Female Characte rs. 6th ed. London William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. Jorgensen, Paul A. Hamlet. William Shakespeare the Tragedies. Boston Twayne Publ., 1985. N. pag. http//www.freehomepages.com/hamlet/other/jorg-hamlet.html Mack, Maynard. The World of Hamlet. Yale Review. vol. 41 (1952) p. 502-23. Rpt. in Readings on The Tragedies. Ed. Clarice Swisher. San Diego Greenhaven Press, 1996. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1995. http//www.chemicool.com/Shakespeare/hamlet/full.html No line nos.