Hamlet act 2

In act two of Hamlet we continue to see more of a change in Hamlets personality, he’s beginning to become more and more focused on the demise of Claudius. He is also becoming distracted by love and selfishness. Also in act two I learned a lot about the character of Claudius. In act two we see that King Claudius's is more concerned with the well being and motives of Hamlet more that he is concerned with his own country. Even with Fortinbras on his tail he still manages to ignore all major conflicts and duties, dealing with things that could determine the countries future. Although incomparable to the play that takes place in Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer’s Night Dream", in act two we again see how Shakespeare uses a “play with in a play”. However the play that takes place in Hamlet has a motive behind it. Hamlet is presenting this play to put the word out to Claudius that he is aware of his father’s tragic death. He is also hoping to bring the tragic and ugly truth to his mother’s attention. I respect Hamlets creative prevention of a confrontation. He is aware that if he were to just come out with the truth it would cause much more of a crisis then he would prefer. All I feel that I learned a lot more about the story and the characters in act two, rather then in the previous act. Also the ending of the act left me excited to see what would develop in the following act.