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In the play Hamlet, I think that Claudius is the central figure in the play and that his attempts to govern well are hampered by his nephew Hamlet.
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In the play Hamlet, I think that Claudius is the central figure in the play and that his attempts to govern well are hampered by his nephew Hamlet. Claudius is the most true to life character from the play. His character has many good points but has his bad points as well. This makes him more credible. He is driven by ambition, which is still very appropriate to our current way of life today. He is a very capable leader in addition to being a very loveable character to most people in the play. The most important activities in the play all seem to rotate around him. Claudius always seems to be the most dominant in all the scenes while Hamlet mostly appears to be in the background sulking and in general being obstructive and troublesome towards Claudius. When we are first introduced to Claudius, he is at his wedding banquet....
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