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An exploration of the way Shakespeare presents Claudius to the audience.
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Pritesh Kotecha Greenford High School An exploration of the way Shakespeare presents Claudius to the audience. The title of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, would at first suggested its eponymous hero, Hamlet, is the major character. However, in a sense the whole play evolves around the character and actions of Claudius. Shakespeare has presented Claudius in a phrase as a "smiling damned villain", whose greed and selfishness lead the way to his tragic killing of the King. This sums up Claudius excellently, as he has two sides to him, one the public side, "smiling" and the other the private side "damned villain". Claudius starts his opening speech as king by saying, "Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death" (Act I Scene II, Line1) which creates the impression that his brother's death upsets him, but later it is revealed that he was the cause of it. This links in with the theme of "seeming and...
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