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Shakespeare's Hamlet 7 Claudius' Monologue 47 Views
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What does Claudius' monologue reveal about his own character? Easy: that he likes to monologue. Self-centered much, buddy?
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Thank you We sneak in Claudius is monologue What does
- 00:12
claudius his monologue reveal about his own character So the
- 00:16
monologue that claudius gives is a kind of self exculpation
- 00:23
It's him trying to absolve himself of guilt and it's
- 00:26
A monologue announced a little queen because it's directed at
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- 00:28
these other people he's trying to explain why he did
- 00:31
what he did and kind of justify how it is
- 00:33
that the old king died and that he decided to
- 00:36
marry gertrude wall Meanwhile they know that there's this invasion
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coming from fortinbras So it's him kind of parsing it
- 00:42
out and again like maybe presenting himself is less of
- 00:45
a killer right If they were all from him outside
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he would seem like just some homicidal maniac But hearing
- 00:52
ashleigh seems he seems pretty normal He seems pretty state
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What does claudius is Monologue reveal about his own character
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