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Hamlet – English Coursework - What incentives does Hamlet have to kill Claudius, and why do you think he does not do so immediately?
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Hamlet - English Coursework What incentives does Hamlet have to kill Claudius, and why do you think he does not do so immediately? 'Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.' Hamlet's aim in the play is to revenge his father by killing the man who murdered Old Hamlet; the man in question is Claudius, the new King of Denmark. The task is complicated by the fact that this man was Hamlet's uncle but now his father, through the marriage of his mother Gertrude. Hamlet realises his fate early in on the play when he is informed by Horatio that he has seen the ghost of Hamlet's father, Old Hamlet. The ghost then informs Hamlet of his demise and how his own brother betrayed him, 'The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown'. The ghost tells Hamlet of his death and refers to Claudius as a serpent, a sly slithering...
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