Did
you know? As he increasingly fears being found out, Claudius has to
think fast and makes some poor decisions. His reliance on
poison - for the original murder, for the pearl in the cup
and for the sword - show him for the cowardly murderer revenge
tragedies delight in. When Hamlet kills Polonius Claudius
knows he is in real danger. When he fails to pray he is left
to face the ultimate fear - the impossibility of redemption.
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