![]() Though the Ghost calls her “seeming-virtuous,” it soft-sells her culpability by focusing on Claudius’ ability to “seduce” the Queen.įrom our modern perspective a widow cannot commit adultery since her husband is dead however, while “Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another who is not his or her spouse, regarded as a violation of the marriage vows and hence as a sin or crime” (“adultery, n. Neither, however, is a solo act one can commit neither incest nor adultery by one’s self. It outlines Claudius’ sins: incest and adultery. The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen. ![]() O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power With witchcraft of his wits, with traitorous gifts. Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast,
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