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	Hamlet Characters review at Absolute Shakespeare
		Hamlet: Son of the late King Hamlet of Denmark and nephew to the present King.
		Distrustful of King Claudius, Hamlet is equally weary of the King's spies, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz who attempt to know his true intentions.
		Claudius: The present King of Denmark, King Claudius took Queen Gertrude whom he loves as his queen and wife, much to the consternation of Hamlet who believes his mother has betrayed him and his father's memory by doing so.
	absoluteshakespeare.com /guides/hamlet/characters/characters.htm (1234 words)

	Act I
		King Claudius decides to send Hamlet to England, fearing danger in Hamlet since he no longer believes Hamlet is merely lovesick.
		King Claudius admits his growing fear of Hamlet and decides to send him overseas to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in order to protect himself.
		With Hamlet gone, King Claudius reveals his plans for Hamlet to be killed in England, freeing King Claudius from further worry from this threat...
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	Free Essay Hamlet - Claudius Vs. Lady Macbeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		King Claudius of Hamlet and Lady Macbeth of Macbeth exhibit three similar qualities, dishonesty, evilness, and deceitfulness throughout the play; although sometimes they demonstrate these qualities in different ways, these qualities greatly affect the other characters in the plays.
		King Claudius and Lady Macbeth are similar in that they both let their crave of power and desire for the crown drive them to deceitfulness, corruption, and even murder, to obtain it.
		King Claudius and Lady Macbeth are so greedy for wealth and power that they will let nothing get in their way, even if it means deceiving the ones they love.
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	Hamlet
		Claudius, unsure whether Hamlet pretends insanity to disguise a scheme or is really mad, decides to rid the court of his unsettling presence by sending him to England on a contrived political mission.
		Claudius, remember, had poured poison into the king’s ear as reported by the ghost of the old king: While “sleeping in my orchard,” the ghost says, “A serpent stung me.” Later, it is a sword—a steel snake, as it were—that kills Polonius, Hamlet, Laertes and Claudius.
		Claudius, she is totally submissive to the king's will; to offer an original thought that might offend him is out of the question.
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	SparkNotes: Hamlet: Act I, scene ii
		The morning after Horatio and the guardsmen see the ghost, King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers, explaining his recent marriage to Gertrude, his brother’s widow and the mother of Prince Hamlet.
		Claudius urges Hamlet to think of him as a father, reminding the prince that he stands in line to succeed to the throne upon Claudius’s death.
		Claudius claims to be so pleased by Hamlet’s decision to stay that he will celebrate with festivities and cannon fire, an old custom called “the king’s rouse.” Ordering Gertrude to follow him, he escorts her from the room, and the court follows.
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	Hamlet Navigator: Characters: King Claudius
		Thus the King questions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the beginning of the scene in which he and Polonius spy on Hamlet as he is talking with Ophelia.
		The king is a thing--" (4.2.27-28) says Hamlet, and finishes the jest with "Of nothing." This is in the scene in which the King gets Hamlet to tell him where Polonius' body is and sends Hamlet off to England.
		He tries to calm Laertes by telling him Hamlet is mad, but at the end of the scene he reassures Laertes that "We'll put the matter to the present push" (5.1.295), the "matter" being their plot to kill Hamlet.
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	King Claudius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle to Hamlet.
		It is not until the appearance of King Hamlet's ghost that it is revealed that Claudius may have poisoned the old king in his sleep in order to usurp both his throne and his wife.
		It is certainly not difficult to label Claudius as evil by looking at some of his more unscrupulous actions, yet one must also look at the other side of Claudius when describing his character.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Claudius (533 words)

	Shakespeare's Hamlet at Absolute Shakespeare
		Hamlet meets the Ghost of his father, who reveals he was poisoned by King Claudius and who tells him to avenge his death but not to punish Queen Gertrude for remarrying since it is not his place.
		King Claudius, now scared, decides to have Hamlet sent away to England immediately, King Claudius revealing his plan to have him killed there.
		King Claudius meets Laertes, telling him that Hamlet killed his father, the two then plotting to kill him at a fencing match.
	absoluteshakespeare.com /plays/hamlet/hamlet.htm (634 words)

	Hamlet Summary
		When his farther, King Hamlet dies, the young prince Hamlet is plunged into melancholia as his mother, Queen Gertrude quickly marries King Claudius.
		Claudius sends his agents, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to keep an eye on hamlet, who knows full well that they are not just visiting old school-friends, but spies.
		Claudius decides to ensure death to Hamlet and poisons not only the sword tips for the duel, but the wine flagons used to quench the thirst of the fighters too.
	www.shvoong.com /books/181685-hamlet (602 words)

	Hamlet Book Notes Summary by William Shakespeare: Major Characters
		King Claudius: An ambitious and deceitful murderer, Claudius secretly assassinated his brother, King Hamlet, to steal his crown and his queen.
		King Claudius calms his vengeance by arranging a rigged fencing competition through which the expert swordsman Laertes may murder Hamlet with a poisoned blade.
		In the past, old King Fortinbras challenged King Hamlet to a battle over disputed territory, with the mutual agreement that the loser's land would be forfeited to the winner.
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	Patriarchy In Hamlet -- Essay at LiteratureClassics.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Claudius fills the role of father figure as both king to a nation and stepfather to young Hamlet, whose father has died unexpectedly.
		Claudius accepts this message at face value and foolishly shuffles it aside; he is more eager to hear news on the matters of his stepson Hamlet (2.2.60-85).
		With the death of King Hamlet and the assumption of the throne by Claudius, which includes Claudius’s incestuous social error that everyone sees but no one admonishes, Polonius is caught in a transitional Period in his life.
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	Hamlet Summary
		Perceiving Hamlet as a possible threat to the throne, Claudius, Gertrude and Polonius hired two dull-witted courtiers, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to spy on the prince, to learn whether he in fact coveted their power or was merely mad.
		He was sure that if Claudius and Gertrude had in fact killed his father, their guilt would play on their faces and show in their actions.
		Claudius was dismayed to learn that his plans to do away with his pesky stepson had gone awry.
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	Hamlet Revised Essay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Hamlet,by Shakespears is a play about a death of King Hamlet,who turns into a ghost and advises Prince Hamlet that King Claudius, has murder him to seek himself to be the King Of Denmark.
		King Claudius meant to kill Hamlet by putting poison in the wine ended up in then hand of queen gertriude.
		Although, KIng Claudius had the opportunity to state clearly not to drink the wine, however it ended up stating,"Gertrude,DO NOT DRINK." pg277 Act5 Sc2 line317 To keep his secret safe, he murdered Gertrude by not making awareness that the wine was poisoned.
	www.beaconschool.org /~ryoo/hamlet3.html (478 words)

	Play Synopsis - Hamlet
		Hamlet is the son of the late King Hamlet (of Denmark) who died two months before the start of the play.
		In his anger, Hamlet acts like a madman, prompting King Claudius, his wife Gertrude and his advisor Polonius to send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet and figure out why he is acting mad.
		The King deceives the world and pretends a legitimacy he does not have; Hamlet deceives the court by feigning madness; Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern all try to deceive Hamlet into revealing why he is distraught, and no one knows what is truth and what is a lie.
	www.onlineshakespeare.com /hamletsyn.htm (1767 words)

	Hamlet
		The King is not so sure and wishes to send Hamlet to England, suspecting that Hamlet may be a threat to him.
		King Claudius decides that Hamlet must be put to death in England.
		Laertes tells the people that both he and Hamlet are injured by the poisonous weapon and that "the King’s to blame." Before Hamlet dies, he lunges at the King with the rapier and kills him.
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	Hamlet Plot Synopsis
		The scene opens with King Claudius of Denmark giving a magnificently ostentatious speech on the death of his brother and his marriage to Queen Gertrude, his sister-in-law and Hamlet's mother.
		Claudius dispatches two of his courtiers, Cornelius and Voltimand, to Norway as peacekeepers, and he grants Laertes, who has come to Denmark specifically for the coronation of Claudius, permission to return to his studies in France.
		Claudius is now alone to reveal his sinister plan: he will send letters to England, a country "raw and red/After the Danish sword" (IV.iii.60-61), threatening war unless they assassinate Hamlet when he lands on British soil.
	www.shakespeare-online.com /plots/hamletps.html (4704 words)

	Hamlet — a quick summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He was sure that if Claudius and Gertrude killed his father, their guilt will show on their faces, and it works.
		Claudius becomes so unnerved both by the drama and by Hamlet's sly, taunting comments, that he storms from the performance, with Gertrude close behind.
		Claudius, upset to learn that his plans to do away with Hamlet have been ruined, together with Laertes, hatches a new plan: Laertes will challenge Hamlet to a duel and kill him with a poison-tipped foil.
	emp.byui.edu /DavisR/202/Hamlet.htm (1048 words)

	Essays.cc - Lion King Vs Hamlet
		In both stories, the king is killed and revenge is sought by the king’s son.
		In The Lion King, Simba is the prince.
		Claudius and Laertes had already planned for this fight to be the death of Hamlet.
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	In Hamlet, Shakespeare depicted Horatio as king Hamlet's son
		He is close to the King who charges him to be with Ophelia after the madness manifestation, and 'wait on' Hamlet after the brawl with Laertes in Ophelia's grave.
		Therefore, Horatio is a son to the King bearing in the inner drama the scenic name of Claudius.
		Unlike prince Hamlet who was born to a king and was a son of the jointress thus being a legitimate claimant to the throne, Horatio had no chances to inherit the throne because he was born before his father Hamlet married Gertrude and became king.
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	Hamlet Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Claudius' response is to send an envoy to the King of Norway, the uncle of young Fortinbras, who, old and bedridden, has scarcely heard of the unlawful activities of his nephew.
		Claudius asks Gertrude why she is sighing so heavily and, after asking Rosencrantz lnd Guildenstern to leave them alone a while, she answers with a description of Hamlet's "mad" killing of Polonius.
		Claudius orders Hamlet's appearance and, when he enters, immediately demands of Hamlet to be told where Polonius is. Hamlet satirically answers that Polonius is "at supper," and then, when questioned about this, explains that this supper is "Not where he eats, but where 'a is eaten.
	www.d.umn.edu /~kmaurer/hamlet/summary.html (4097 words)

	Free Essay Why Did Hamlet Delay Killing the King? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This is because the marriage was soon after his father’s death, King Hamlet was "But three months dead." This shows little sensitivity to those who are grieving and also implies that their relationship was initiated before King Hamlet died.
		Hamlet also delays killing the King because he is unsure of the morality of carrying out such a task.
		In conclusion, Hamlet delays in killing the King because of his own character; he is a philosopher and is of a melancholic disposition.
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	King Lear
		The ghost of the dead King gave his son all of the details and, of course, young Lear was rather distraught.
		Besides, it wouldn't be fair to the deceased King, who was murthered with all of his sins and no chance to make his peace with God, whereas the present King, praying, would go wherever dead kings go with all of their sins expurgated.
		The King was still trying to placate Laertes when a courier delivered two letters from Lear: one to the King and the other to Laertes, informing them of his return to Finland.
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	Hamlet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		His uncle, the new King Claudius, has manipulated the entire court and it seems as though everyone is against Hamlet.
		The king and queen gasped in terror - their secret was known.
		Immediately the king sent for his advisor, Polonius and informed him that his nephew had once and for all gone mad.
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		Claudius wants to know if there is more offensive material ahead in the play.
		Claudius speaks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and informs them that he is sending Hamlet to England for his own good.
		Claudius and Laertes plan that if Hamlet is goaded into a duel with Laertes, then Laertes could kill Hamlet and both could be rid of him.
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