Similarities Bbetween Hamlet and Claudious Fuel Their Hatred

The bad qualities that one finds in other people are often the same as those that he possesses himself.  Hamlet and Claudious both have insecurities about certain issues causing them to clash. Although the insecurities are over different issues they still lead to the power struggle that goes on between the two.  Claudious’ insecurities derive from his feeling of unworthiness because he knows keep down that he was not mean to be the true king while Hamlet’s comes from the shock of his father’s death and the quick changes that occurred around him. We are able to understand and analyze the intentions, thoughts and attitudes about the presented issues through each characters speech patters and how they express themselves. Claudious uses deceptive word choice and chooses to impose his power even when it is not necessary while Hamlet asks too many trivial questions and is always worrying about something.