Hamlet

Act 3, Sc. 4: How does Hamlet's play on words establish the reason he has come to see his mother?

[Enter Hamlet]

Hamlet. Now, mother, what's the matter?

Queen. Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.

Hamlet. Mother, you have my father much offended.

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The play on the word "father" juxtaposes the idea of Hamlet not accepting his "new" father with Gertrude's disloyalty to Hamlet Sr.