Claudius: ’Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,
To give these mourning duties to your 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; but to presever
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness, ’tis unmanly grief

–Hamlet,
William Shakespeare

Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions about the passage.

Based on the passage, how does Claudius really feel about Hamlet’s mourning?

He thinks that Hamlet mourns too much.

What does the passage reveal about the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet?

There is tension between them.