Reminder that Claudius did literally nothing wrong >took

Dude straight up admits to how shitty he is in the praying scene

>>9249065
Some of his actions are morally questionable but as a statesman he's perfect

To be, or not to be – that is the asking:
Whether ‘tis worthier in the mind to bear
The slings and arrows of unbound mishap
Or to take fight against a sea of agenbite
And by gainstanding end them. To die, to sleep –
No more – and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand worldly blows
That flesh is born to. ‘Tis an ending
Dearly to be wished. To die, to sleep –
To sleep – maybe to dream: ay, there’s the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shed our living body,
Must make us stop. There’s the thought
That makes wretchedness of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and slights of time,
Th’ overlord’s wrong, the strutter’s cockiness
The wrench of unanswered love, the law’s sloth,
The brazenness of might, and the spurns
That forbearing goodness of th’ unworthy takes,
When he himself might his settling make
With a bare bradawl? Who would burdens bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that dread of something after death,
The shrouded land, from whose bosom
No wayfarer comes home, upsets the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than to fly to others we know not of?
Thus awareness does make chickens of us all,
And thus the inborn hue of a strong will
Is sicklied o’er with the wan cast of thought,
And undertakings of great worth and weight
Upon this heed their flood eddies and ebbs
And lose the name of doing. – Soft thee now,
The fair Ophelia! – Maiden, in thy beseeching
Bear all my sins in mind.

>>9249073
Perfect statesman?
Claudius himself says more than once that the people of Denmark love Hamlet so much that he can't be put on trial for Polonius' death. The commoners also invade Elsinore and try to proclaim Laertes king. I think that we can safely infer from this that Claudius is not particularly popular with anyone, and for good reason.

Coupled with Fortinbras' invasion I have a hard time seeing Claudius as a brilliant ruler but more one whose (usurped) grip on power is tenuous and in constant danger of completely falling apart, necessitating a bunch of desperate madcap schemes. Everything he does in the play is clever on paper, but none of it actually works.

>>9249396
>desperate madcap schemes

Doesn't this describe all of Hamlet, though? Hamlet's plan to prove that Claudius murdered his father is a madcap scheme. Laertes' revenge plan is a madcap scheme. It's schemes piled on top of schemes, into a tower of schemes that awfully collapses in the last act.

>>9249597
Yes, and Claudius is responsible for all of this madness by murdering the king and fucking everything up. He is never in control.

>>9249365
is this the monologue in Anglish?

You forgot about the part where he commits fratricide

>>9250100
Yes.

Daily reminder that Hamlet was a racist, sexist, homophobic bigot as evidenced in his actions throughout the play and only people of similar or lesser moral character could possibly enjoy this drivel.