Act I Scene II

• Claudius talks about the recent death of his brother. He says that despite how sad it is, they should be thinking of themselves and get through it together. (cognitive dissonance used--putting two things together to make you wonder). Claudius is trying to distract everyone by saying "Focus on Fortinbras, not what's going on with me."
• "A little more than kin, and less than kind."
• Hamlet says in his own way "You don't know what I'm feeling" and he doesn't approve of the marriage
• Claudius tells Hamlet that it's unnatural for him to be grieving for so long. He doesn't trust Hamlet because he won't let him go to university
• Hamlet gives his long monologue thing and it allows us to see how angry he is. He's suicidal in a way, but not because he's depressed. He just doesn't want to have to see what's going on in his family. He doesn't want to be a part of it in any way. He curses his mom
• Horatio and Marcellus show up and tell Hamlet about how they saw his dad. Hamlet tells them to say nothing about it to anyone else.