... ghost's opinion of the crime, King Claudius feels mixed remourse and self serving ambition. In lines 36-39, Claudius compares his crime to the crime of Cain in the Bible. "It hath the primal eldest curse upon't..." Further along in his speech he wonders aloud, "Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens to wash it white as snow..." These lines clearly show that ... about incest but hiding it with the language he chooses. Claudius however presents his feelings about the crime when speaking of the sin he commited against his brother in lines 85-89. This allusion has some significance r...

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