against them. The passage begins with “There’s letters so it anticipates his forged letter. sealed” (3.4.209), black clothing: He is the only one dressed for a funeral. Hamlet’s Everybody else is wearing festive clothing. QUEEN: cast thy “Good Hamlet, Thus, his manner of dress shows his isolation knighted color off” (1.2. 68). from the court. not alone my inky HAMLET: “’Tis cloak, good Mother, / Nor customary suits of solemn black” (1.2.77-78). Claudius as a of grain Like an ear of is rotten in the “like mildewed ear” corn. “Something (3.4.65). state of if Denmark” (1.4.90). Also: “Faith, ’a be not rotten before ’die” (5.1.164). Drinking: 1.2.125; 1.4.8-12, 19; 3.2.301; Drinking reflects of moral Claudius’s lack 3.3.89; 5.2.265-76 character. Perhaps he drinks to dull his guilt.
against them. The passage begins with “There’s letters sealed” (3.4.209), so it anticipates his forged letter. Hamlet’s black clothing: QUEEN: “Good Hamlet, cast thy knighted color off” (1.2. 68). HAMLET: “’Tis not alone my inky cloak, good Mother, / Nor customary suits of solemn black” (1.2.77-78). He is the only one dressed for a funeral. Everybody else is wearing festive clothing. Thus, his manner of dress shows his isolation from the court. Claudius as “like a mildewed ear” of grain (3.4.65). Like an ear of corn. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4.90). Also: “Faith, if ’a be not rotten before ’die” (5.1.164). Drinking: 1.2.125; 1.4.8-12, 19; 3.2.301; 3.3.89; 5.2.265-76 Drinking reflects Claudius’s lack of moral character. Perhaps he drinks to dull his guilt.
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