Claudius Flashcards
(13 cards)
What does Claudius label Hamlets grief?
“Tis unmanly grief”-1.1- Hamlets grieving is excessive.
What does the ghost call Claudius?
“That incestuous, that adulterate beast”-1.5-language that Hamlet will later echo
What does Hamlet label Claudius?
“Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous villain!”-2.2-Hamletys thoughts about Claudius.
What does Claudius say to Hamlet about family?
“Cousin Hamlet”-3.2- Suggests a family affection-though false.
What does Claudius say after witnessing the play?
“Give me some light-away!”-3.2- he makes an excuse to leave the hall- a sign of guilt in Hamlets eyes.
What does Claudius say about his crime?
“O my offence is rank , it smells to heaven”- Claudius confession, recognition of the amoral crime he’s committed.
What does Claudius say about his words?
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below”-3.3-telling the audience that he doesn’t intend his confession to be known beyond god.
What does Claudius say about Gertrude?
“The queen, his mother, lives almost by his looks”-4.7-an excuse to why he hasn’t arrested Hamlet after the murder of Polonius
What does Claudius say to blackmail Laertes?
“Are you like the painting of a sorrow, a face without a heart?”-4.7- A simile of emotional blackmail-suggesting that if Laertes loved his father, he would seek revenge.
What does Claudius say about revenge?
“Revenge should have no bounds”-4.7- An ironic statement- the finale of the play shows “no bounds” but ends ion tragedy.
What does Hamlet call Claudius in the final scene?
“This canker of our nature”-5.2- A metaphor describing Claudius as a disease of humanity.
What does Claudius say when Gertrude drinks the poison?
“Gertrude, do not drink!”-5.2- A feeble attempt by a husband to prevent his wife being poisoned.
What does Laertes say when he dies?
“The kings to blame”-5.2- Ensures that all know of his guilt.
