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1、InterpretingtheKinginHamletShakespeare^tragedyHamletpresentsinthecharacterofKingClaudiusanintelligent,cunning,andseeminglyunselfishruler.Thisessaywillpresentacritic-supported,detailedconsiderationoftheverycapableandcunningKingClaudius.Fortheentiretyofthedramaalife-or-death
2、mentalcontestensuesbetweenClaudiusandtheprotagonist.JohnMasefielddiscussesthismindbattlein“Hamlet,PrinceofDenmark”:TheKingisprobingHamletsmindwithgrosshumanprobes,tofindoutifheismad.HamletissearchingtheKing'smindwiththefinestofintellectualprobes,tofindoutifheisguilty.Thepr
3、obeusedbyhim,thefragmentofaplaywithinaplay,istheworkofamanwithaknowledgeoftheimpotenceofintellect-HOurwillsandfatesdosocontraryrunThatourdevicesstillareoverthrown11-andafaithintheomnipotenceofintellect-HOurthoughtsareours,theirendsnoneofourown.11(n.pag.)SalvadordeMadariaga
4、in"RosencrantzandGuildensterrTdiscussesClaudius,relationshipwiththetwoemissariesandformerfriendsofHamlet,whowereescortingtheprincetohisexecutioninEngland:ThetwoyoungmenreceivefromtheKingacommissionwhich,whatevertheKing'ssecretintentionsmaybe,ishonorable.Hamlet,theKinginfac
5、ttellsthem,isnotwhathewas.ThecauseofthechangeHlcannotdreamof.”Therefore,IbegyousobyyourcompaniesTodrawhimontopleasures,andtogatherSomuchasfromoccasionyoumaygleanWhetheraughttousunknownafflictshimthusThatopenedlieswithinourremedy(n.pag.)・LikeeveryoneelseinthekingdomofDenmar
6、k,RosencrantzandGuildensternaredeceivedbytheking-anditcoststhemtheirlives.JustwhatsortofcharacterdowefindinthepersonofClaudius?Doesthefollowingcriticmisinterprethim?G.WilsonKnightin"TheEmbassyofDeath”interpretshim:Claudius,asheappearsintheplay,isnotacriminal.Heis-strangeas
7、itmayseem・agoodandgentleking,enmeshedbythechainofcausalitylinkinghimwithhiscrime.Andthischainhemight,perhaps,havebrokenexceptforHamlet,andallwouldhavebeenwell.(n.pag.)ThedramaopensafterHamlethasjustreturnedfromWittenberg,England,uponhearingthenewsofhisfather'sdeath.PhilipB
8、urtonin“Hamlet”discussesClaudius1suddenrisetotheDanishthroneuponthedeathofKingHamletI:Ast
