Blog Post #13: Hamlet Character Paragraph Justification

I have decided to follow Claudius throughout the play. After reading Act 1 of the play, Claudius is clearly portrayed as the bad guy or villain who not only kills Hamlet Senior but also seduces Gertrude to marry him. At that time in Denmark, marrying a spouse's brother was considered incest and Claudius was able to use his crafty language and lustful mind to induce Gertrude to commit a sin. Claudius is also a very interesting character to follow because he seems to be only person focused on causing havoc in other people's lives in order to maintain his own high status while most of the other people in the play like Hamlet and Laertes are intent on seeking revenge for a killing of their loved one. Finally, I want to track Claudius throughout this play because I want to juxtapose Claudius, who seems to be the antagonist, with Hamlet and see how the conflict between the two unfolds from the antagonist perspective.