In King Claudius’ speech, he reprimands Hamlet for mourning the death of his father. Although he calls Hamlet “sweet and commendable,” he believes that it is not manly to mourn the death of one’s father. Claudius backs his theory by pointing out that Hamlet’s “father lost a father, that father lost, lost his” in essence saying that everyone dies and he should not mourn what he cannot change and in doing so would be an insult to nature. Instead he should start to think of Claudius as his new father; however, Claudius’ tone suggests an underlying objective.
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