Conclusion

To conclude, Claudius and Hamlet are both victims of preconceived judgments yet through Shakespeare brilliance, we see that the roles are reversed, and their prose are mere acts to illustrate to their subjects what the they want to see.  Hamlet is perceived as a weak and innocuous man, due to his love and reverence for his father.   When Hamlet is alone we see that he is internally extremely strong and mature through his recognition of the importance to revere his father and his strength not to rebel against his majesty.  Yet, Hamlet's attitude is altered when he realizes that his majesty has killed his father.  Hamlet puts on a show that he crazy in order to figure out a way to get revenge on his father.  This is revealed as Hamlet's purpose changes.  First he wanted to just go off innocently to college and educate himself, but know he must put on a show in order to get attention so that ultimately he can get revenge for his father.  However, Claudius is a contrast to Hamlet as Claudius is perceived as strong and forceful man in front of his subjects.  However through his prose we see that in front of people he is an extremely fearful and weak interiorly.  We see that Claudius manifests himself through his prose, into a very remorseful person, when he is alone, when he realizes that what he has done is horrible.  We see that he is repenting only when he is alone, since he is trying to hind his true heart and he is too weak to express his true feelings in front of everyone else, in an effort to maintain his power.  This effectively illustrates the importance of prose and words.  We all speak using words, but maybe the words we say and the way we say them has an effect on our personality and the type of person we are turning out to become?