Individual Analysis of Hamlet; Act 4, Scene 7

Individual Analysis Hamlet dress 4, Scene 7 Steven Roach Friday, November 16, 2012 A Freudian angle of (4. 7 135 145) and (4. 7 9 21) Through give away the scene Claudius depicts a char executioner that evaluates situations and makes choices out of desire without much concern for consequence. Although Claudius does show a sm tout ensemble-scale bit of concern for consequence, he gener on the wholey acts from an inner-child psyche. In the scene, Claudius plots with Laertes and acts quickly out of a sense of DESIRE and makes a plan to kill Hamlet.Demonstrated in the lines A sword unbated, and in a pass of practice, Requite him for your father. (4. 7. 137 140) And I result dot. And for that purpose Ill anoint my sword. I bought unctuousness of a mountebank, So mortal that, but dip a spit in it, Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon, can save the thing from remnant That is but scratched withal. Ill touch my point W ith this contagion, that if I gall him slimly It may be death. (4. 7. 140 145).In these lines, Claudius and Laertes plan to kill hamlet by sharpening a fencing blade and dousing it with a poison that will cripple upon contact. This is clearly a representation of a psyche that acts speedily out of an intense sense of desire. Although Claudius will often display act from a sense of the ID or inner-child, he also demonstrates, albeit relatively stripped-down compared to the previous example, a concern for consequence. In the beginning of the scene, he explains to Laertes his abstract thought for non prosecuting Hamlet for the death of Polonius, Laertes father.Depicted in the lines Oh, for two special reasons, Which may to you perhaps seem much unsinewed, But yet to me they are strong. The tabby his m new(prenominal) Lives almost by his looks, and for myself My virtue or my plague, be it every which Shes so conjunctive to my life and soul, That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, I could not but by her. The other motive Why to a public count I powerfulness not go, Is the great love the general gender bear him, Who, dipping all his faults in their affection, Would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, Convert his gyves to graces (4. 9 21). Claudius claims that because of the fact that his mother is completely devoted to him, and the idea that the general public loves him so much the prosecution would end up hurting him more than it would Hamlet. He cannot live without Hamlets mother, so he cannot make the prosecution. Claudius displays a small instalment of his psyche that acts as the super-ego and evaluates situations based upon the consequential outcome.