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Claudius And Hamlet
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When at the beginning of Act I scene ii of Hamlet we find that Claudius, and not young Hamlet is king of Denmark, we are surprised.
Part of this surprise comes from our anticipation that the son of the old king should be the natural heir to the throne. Shakespeare takes advantage of this expectation by naming his prince 'Hamlet'. So when, after encountering the ghost, Horatio and the others decide to "impart what we have seen tonight/Unto young Hamlet" (I, i,185), we are expecting to meet a young king and not the elder Claudius.
Why old Haml ....
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