Comparing Claudius And Hamlet's Development

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Claudius and Hamlet’s development differs which leads to trait differences. Claudius states, “Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen, Th’ imperial jointress to this warlike state” as evidence he has became king (Act 1.2, 8-9). Hamlet states to his mother, “I shall in all my best obey you, madam”(Act 1.2, 120). Shakespeare develops Claudius in a suspicious manner due to him being king two months after King Hamlet’s death. Shakespeare develops Hamlet in the sense of a mourning son who lost his father. The method in which Shakespeare develops Hamlet is different because he has obtained a step-father who suspiciously taken the crown. Claudius pleads with Hamlet to “think of [me] as of a father” (Act 1.2, 106-108). Hamlet is depressed mainly