Analytical Hamlet.

Motives are created when either a character or person is attempting to hide their contemptible acts, or a guilty conscience from another person or group, if not from themselves; in doing so, deceit and further reprehensible acts are committed, often without anticipated consequence. In his play, Hamlet, Shakespeare informs that all fathers die, that all men are terminal; however, his assertion of this information poses as a façade to hide events that have occurred within the play.

King Claudius, Hamlets uncle, and now father, has developed an attachment and begins to really depict his affection towards Hamlet. However, preceding the expressed love towards the end of the soliloquy, the King explains the horrors, and ungodliness of Hamlets mourning. It can be interpreted that mourning is a fine and acceptable way to cope in the event of one’s death, but when done in excess "'tis a fault to heave, a fault against the dead, a fault to nature,".

The king's soliloquy is nothing but foreshadow, a highly indirect foreshadow. No one, nor the audience (dramatic irony is not occurring), is truly informed on what the king means when he is telling Hamlet to give up his mourning and understand that his father is dead. However, when a clear answer is given to the King's death, it becomes apparent that the current king was attempting to hide his sins, by making all forget that it had previously happened; in doing so, he would become loved by Hamlet, and all others are none the wiser towards done deeds.

Following his speech on the death of fathers, the King expresses to Hamlet his fondness. Hamlet, chiefly after the death of his father, premeditated his plans for leaving the royal family to return to college in Wittenberg; the king had deplored him to remain with him and his mother, thus expressing his overall love. Subsequently, he had begun to disclose to Hamlet that he is the heir to the Danish throne that his father had held, thus constraining him to remain with the family so that he may fulfill his duties after the passing of the present royalties.

The king’s soliloquy had both direct and indirect meanings within. Much of which was expressly stated to gain the trust of Hamlet, and remain undetected by those suspicious of his activities and the death of Hamlets father, this however does not lead to the idea that the king’s endearment was ersatz. He has a genuine fondness for the young Hamlet, whether it is because they are naturally kin, or he really does consider Hamlet a son, is open to interpretation by audiences alike.