Hamlets widow remarries to new King Claudius (Hamlet seniors brother) and becames queen again
Cognitive dissonance: grief and marriage, happiness at funeral
Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind." (Sarcastic remark that's mumbled)
Hamlet never loses his cool in court and if he does mentally, it doesn't show.
Hamlet stands up to his mom about his dislike towards her marrying Claudius (his uncle) in a very diplomatic way
Claudius completely disregards Hamlets arguement and claims that he wants to be in grieving and that it's a terrible thing to do. Claudius takes Hamlets mourning his fathers death personally and insults him in public.
No direct or indirect characterization used. Hamlet himself gives audience the insight into himself through the use ofte monologues. (First time ever done in literature)
He's angry and doesn't want to be where he's at, questioning "why".
Hamlet goes on and speaks directly about his family. Sees his father as above the gods, and his mother as a traitor with no loyalty to his father because she married her fathers brother.
Horatio informs Hamlet that they had seen his fathers ghost the night before, hamlet says he will stay up the next night with them and try to speak to his father
3 hamlets: the one that spoke diplomatically in public with his mom, the one that poured his heart out during his monologue, and the one that questioned straightforwardly about his fathers ghost. Hamlet can be who he needs to be, when he needs to be, can change character depending on what he needs or wants
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