Hamlet+1.2

3. Are we sure that Claudius killed King Hamlet? Or is this an illusion vs. reality thing of Prince Hamlet's? PS: King Claudius - please shut up.

4. Queen Gertrude says, "all that lives must die,/ passing through nature to eternity." This quotation coincides with our discussion of absolutes and ambiguities. Death is absolute and is something that will always exist. It is the only truth that some can really believe in. Gertrude's statement also conveys her attempt to comfort/console with her son.

5. In my opinion, King Claudius is extremely rude and inappropriate in this scene. In lines 90-105, Claudius talks to Hamlet about Hamlet's reaction to his father's death. Claudius begins mocking his "unmanly grief," which is not at all comforting after losing someone (98). Even though Claudius may be aware that Hamlet knows of his (Claudius') actions of murder, he continues to be authorative and disrespectful towards him, instead of trying to get on his good side.

7. If I were Hamlet, I would also feel extremely frustrated and tense about this situation. His relationship with his mother does not seem to be as close as his relationship with his father (or what I percieve to have been his relationship with his father). Hamlet has a right to be suspicious of his uncle and mother's wedding - it being so close to the death. If I were Hamlet, I would probably also go crazy because I would not know what to do with the situation. Especially if I eventually started to see my father's ghost...