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Describe the state of mind of King Claudius


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... At the beginning of Act III scene I on page 135, Claudius is anxious to discover the reason of why Hamlet "puts on this confusion grating so harshly all his days of quiet with turbulent and dangerous lunacy." Claudius is still putting up an act and the tone he uses is one of a concerned parent. The King continues this act and accepts Hamlet's invitation to see a performance of a play, telling Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to "Give him a further edge, and drive his purpose into these delights." In other words Claudius is telling encourage his enthusiasm, and direct his interest toward these amusements. This façade of fatherly love is cracked in Claudius's small aside on page 137, lines 50-55 which first reveals to us the reason of Claudius's fearfulness, it is also proves that Hamlet's Ghost was right, and Claudius truly did kill Hamlet's father. The reason

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