The+character+Claudius+has+been+compared+to+Macbeth.+How+similar+are+these+two+characters?+In+what+ways+are+the+similar?

=__**QUESTION 69**__= J.Kasper P.Pham. E.Vivar


 * The character Claudius has been compared to Macbeth. How similar are these two characters? In what ways are they similar? And how many changes have been made to this page?**

In Hamlet, the mother had banged her brother in law. Yes you read that right. In terms of plot functionality, Claudius and Macbeth are very similar characters. Claudius secretly murders the king of Denmark to usurp the throne, and Macbeth secretly murders the king of Scotland to do the same. Both characters arouse increasing suspicion from those around them until the friction sparks, leading to eventual doom.

(CLAUDIUS) Psychologically, however,[ we don't know how they compare.] Claudius and Macbeth are very different. Claudius is an evil, ambitious politician with little remorse for his crime. For the most part, he is heartless. His increased aniety near the end of the play is caused not by guilt but rather by fea that his wrongdoing will be discovered. This is apparnt because he appears to be in perfect psychological conttment before whispers of his crime begin to float abot. Claudius could arguably be called a shallow an straightforward character, hell-bent on serving his own interests and with little concern for all else.

(MACBETH) Macbeth, on the other hand, combines ambition with a panging sense of guilt and self-doubt to make a much more complex character. He lacks the fundamental sense of evil that is at the heart of Claudius; instead he takes his heinous actions at great pains as his mbition plays tugo-war with his sense o morali Initially a brave nd honorable soldier, Macbeth is not naturally inclined to walk the criminal path. Propheti bitches and an encouraging wife evoke the underlying evil ambition within him, and Macbeth’s character is hencforth dominated by his incorporation of this ambition in the context of his pre-existing honorable nature. His dual nature drives him to a point near insanity. In relating Macbeth to Claudius, Clauus could be said to epitomize the evil, ambitious half of Macbeth’s dual nature.

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