Hamlet: Appearance Vs. Reality

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Claudius also refers to himself as "Thy loving father, Hamlet" (Shakespeare IV350) but when Hamlet is out of the room a few moments later Claudius has a complete change of face in which he reveals his plan to have Hamlet executed; "Our sovereign process, which imports at full/By letters congruing to that effect/The present death of Hamlet" (Shakespeare IV363-65)...
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Claudius, near the beginning of the play, appears to be happy about his marriage to Gertrude and in the later scene of Claudius' soliloquy, he lists Gertrude as one of the reasons he murdered his own brother. We can assume by this that Claudius did appear to love Gertrude, but we cannot say for certain...
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