Talk:King Claudius
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Does anyone have the opinion that Claudius felt deep remorse for the loss of Gertrude when she fell into his trap that was intended for Hamlet? Did he really care about and love her?
- I certainly think he loved her. But I don't have a source on that. Isaac Asimov wrote an excellent Shakespeare commentary, but I don't have access to that anymore. The best I can do for a source on whether Claudius felt bad about Gertrude's death was that in the 1996 film version, he looks quite unhappy. CanadianCaesar 05:14, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure if the information in the main article is correct, as it states, "It is in Act III scene 3, when Claudius forestalls Hamlet's revenge by confessing his sins to God in his own private chapel, that the audience can be sure of his guilt." However, in the text Claudius says in soliloquy "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go." Would this not be stating that he could not confess?
It says that Hamlet forces Claudius to drink from the poisoned chalice but hadn't Gertrude already drunk its contents. Even if she hadn't, I don't think they'd be much left as she probably would have spilt it falling to the ground in a swoon.
The most famous person to portray Claudius would probably be Patrick Stewart, who played him in the BBC Television Shakespeare: Hamlet, recorded in 1980. Just thought I'd give you a tidbit of info in case you were doing an article on actors who have played him over the years.
