Act 3, scene 3: King Claudius now regrets killing his
brother and prays in order to obtain forgiveness from heaven. He is spying on
Hamlet through Guildenstern, Rosencrantz, Hamlet's mother and Polonius, because
of the danger that he knows Hamlet possesses. The king seems very vulnerable at
the time when he is praying while being surrounded by an overwhelming amount of
guilt, sorrow and remorse close to Hamlet. The ease with which Hamlet describes
how he is going to kill his king uncle illustrates murder as a very nonchalant
casual undertaking. Both Hamlet and king Claudius are now insecure about each other's
company and are reducing the amount of time until on of them kills the other.
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