I must admit, I'm confused about my feelings for Claudius. HA! That sounded wrong. What I meant is, I don't know whether I hate him as much as I did before. And this is because we've watched different interpretations of the play, so really, Mr Francis, this is you're doing. But I still stand by my initial thought that he's sly and manipulative. Plus, he's very patronising and cold hearted, especially when he tells Hamlet to 'grow up' - "'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning to your father, But you must know your father lost a father...". It seems to me that Claudius is very comfortable accusing others as things such as not commanding god, but fails to take responsibility himself; we have already seen this when he writes a letter to stop young Fortinbras take back his land.
Since last lesson, I've been thinking about first impressions of Claudius (obviously as it was the assignment) but also about the Queen, and I'm beginning to wonder if she's as good as everyone makes her out to be, could anyone be that blind to see what is happening to her family? Hamlet realises that he's a nasty piece of work, so why doesn't she?
p.s. I would like to point out that after I had finished my blog, I went through all of my work and turned every 'i' into an 'I', which took ages. Next year, Sir, please find a blog which will allow auto-correction.
p.p.s This blog is in no way a dig at Mr Francis, merely a co-incidence. I LOVE ENG LIT.
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, adieu....
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