Hamlet Act 2

In this post I decided to do an analysis on one of the main characters. The main character that I chose to do my analysis on is Claudius. Claudius is Hamlet's uncle/dad. When Big Hamlet died, Gertrud married Claudius and he became king. Claudius is Hamlet's main antagonist. Claudius is also Hamlet's character foil. Claudius is keen and cunning king, which is the opposite of Hamlet.

The reason why I chose to do my character analysis on Claudius is because he really interest me. He interest me because of some of the actions that he did. He married his dead brother's wife within days of his death. It is believed that Claudius killed his brother, Big Hamlet. After reading the play, I realize he married Claudius due to love. He may have love her however that is not why he married her. He married Claudius so he can become king. He manipulated people and turn them against one another. He even turn Gertrud against her son Hamlet. He did all this because of his love for power! He wanted to acquire power so badly he did whatever it took. Even if it meant killing his brother, marrying his sister-in- law and attempting to kill his nephew. As you can see, Claudius was crazy in love, or was he just crazy?