What does Gertrude tell Claudius about Hamlet?
What does Gertrude tell Claudius? She tells him that Hamlet has killed Polonius. Who has gone to find Polonius’ body? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Does Gertrude Tell Claudius the truth about what happened?
Gertrude does not tell Claudius the truth of what happened between her and Hamlet. She only says that Hamlet killed Polonius, not telling him of how Hamlet feels or how she will try to lean away from him.
Does Gertrude know about Claudius?
Does Gertrude know that Claudius killed Hamlet’s father? This is an extremely interesting question… In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the general scholarly consensus is no, the Queen does not know that Claudius killed Hamlet’s father until Hamlet tells her.
Why does Hamlet refuse to clearly tell his mother that Claudius killed his father?
Hamlet delays killing Claudius because Claudius represents Hamlet’s innermost desires to sleep with his mother Gertrude. And by killing Claudius, Hamlet would be killing a part of himself.
Why didn’t Hamlet kill Claudius while he was praying?
Hamlet does not kill Claudius when he assumes that he is praying because he doesn’t want Claudius to have the luxury of going to heaven while his father, unjustly murdered, suffers in hell. He doesn’t want to do Claudius the “favor” of sending him to heaven.
Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius when he has the perfect time and opportunity?
Hamlet doesn’t kill Claudius at that moment because he thinks that Claudius is praying. Hamlet says that killing Claudius now would, “send [this same villain] To heaven” instead of Hell where he belongs. Hamlet vows to kill Cladius as Cladius had killed his father, and not send him to heaven.
How is Hamlet going to see if Claudius is truly guilty?
In act 3, scene 3, Hamlet finally has his chance. After Hamlet orchestrates the play to determine the “conscience of the king” in scene 2, Claudius’s guilt becomes certain to Hamlet. He believes that Claudius actually is praying and again delays killing him.