Oh! How I love my current life just as much as I enjoyed my life with Hamlet before his death. Claudius has provided me with so many fancy gifts and wonderful treasures that i will love him forever for. After the death of Hamlet, my late husband, I was absolutely crushed and in tears. Like my son put it, "With which she followed my poor father's body, Like Niobe, all tears" (1.2.148-149). I didn't know when I could possibly overcome the pain of his passing. However, in swooped my hero, my beloved Claudius! He created a new filling to the hole that was left in my heart and I love him so much for it. He was also so broken by the death of his brother, my husband, yet he still made time to provide for me. As he put it, "Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen...In equal scale weighing delight and dole-Taken to wife" (1.2.8-14), he remarried to me so quickly for the well being of the country and himself.
Honestly, that's just how my love is. Always thinking of others. As upset as he is about the death of his brother, he still manages to stand up and stay strong in front of all of our people. He is well aware of the threats that Fortinbras is attempting to gain the territory his father lost because of my late husband. Ha! How silly he is thinking he can take advantage of my man. Even with ALL this pressure of being the new king and pleasing the people, he continues to amaze me with making time to show my son the affection he needs during this transition period. He encourages Hamlet and helps him coupe with the loss in such a great way. The other day, he told him, "'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to you father. But you must know your father lost a father, That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow" (1.2.87-92). I don't think I could put it any better...he really is just the perfect man and I am so honored to be his wife, his queen.
Now onto another topic....Hamlet is being such a baby about his father's death. Does he think he's the only one struggling to overcome this tragedy? We're all still very shocked and in much pain, just like him. But he just refuses to move on! He continues to wear clothes of "nighted color" (1.2.68) to mourn for his father and he makes it so obvious that he is still full of loom and gloom. I worry that he will never get out of this depressed state but with Claudius's help and assistance, I believe we will be able to carry him into the light once more. It is just how my sweetheart has said about mourning, "But to persever In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness. 'Tis unmanly grief. It shows a will most incorrect to heaven, A heart unfortified, a mind impatient, An understanding simple and unschooled" (1.2.92-97). I hope to God that dear Hamlet will learn to be more like his new father and stand up strong for the good of the people since...he is the next in line for the throne. Well I have spoken my mind...I will stop for today. I will be back soon!
