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How does Shakespeare shape the audience's response to Claudius in the play "Hamlet" ?
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How does Shakespeare shape the audience's response to Claudius in the play "Hamlet" ? The play starts with the audience ignorant to the fact that Claudius has murdered his brother and that his wife was his sister-in-law. This makes Claudius seem Machivellian, and completely amoral, as his speech is very formal as he addresses the court and lacks any type of emotion. Claudius' second speech is to Hamlet who is appalled at the way his way his mother and the rest of the court can move on from their grief so quickly while Hamlet still mourns for his father. Here, the audience may sympathise with Hamlet as the situation is shown from his point of view. He also detests Claudius as king and his father now, "A little more than kin, and less than kind." This is in reponse to Claudius addressing Hamlet as "son" as Hamlet is now, not only...
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