3,3 Flashcards
What happens
Claudius guiltily
Prays to god hope he forgives him
But not genuine repent as still benefitting from come
Not atonement
Hamlet can’t kill him because he will end up going to heaven
Why can’t god forgive Claudius
Because god himself condemned when vain killed Abel
Motivated by fear / guilt not genuine
Unwilling to give up crown & wife
He will have to punished in after life for sins
CANNOT ESCAPE GODS JUSTICE
Why doesn’t hamlet kill Claudius
Incase he goes to heaven
Needs to die same way as his farther - go to hell and suffer
He doesn’t wanna kill someone in cold blood - not premeditated - not villain
He’s Christian
Rosen
Regicide destroys whole society
“The cell of majesty dies not alone but like a gulf doth draw what’s near it with it”
“Never alone did the king sign, but with a general groan”
This is what is happening due to calpsiod actions
Calories solipquuay
“O my offence is rank it smells to heaven it hath the primal eldest curse upon a brothers murder
Claudius asks for forgiveness
“Forgive me my foul murder?”
Can’t be forgiven for crime
“I am still possessed of those effects for which I did the murder my Crown, mine own ambitions, and my queen “
“Words without thoughts never to heaven go”
Hamlet doesn’t kill clapud
“A villain kills my father and for that I his sole son do this same viallane send to heaven”
Needs to go to hell to pay for sins
“Am I then revenged to take him in the purging of his soul, when he is fit and seasoned for his passage?no”
NOT MAD - rational thinking
When can hamlet only kill Claudius
“When he is drunk”
“Or in thincestous pleasure of his bed”
