Hamlet
ACT IV, Sc. 3, Lines 61-71: Analyze lines that use figurative language to explain the King's deepest thoughts about Hamlet. What previously unrevealed plan for Hamlet does Claudius reveal here, and how does it reflect on his character?
King. Away! For everything is sealed and done
That else leans on th'affair. Pray you make haste.
[Exeunt all but the King]
And England, if my love thou hold'st at aught -
As my great power thereof may give thee sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword, and thy free awe
Pays homage to us - thou mayst not coldly set
Our soveriegn process, which imports at full,
By letter conjuring to that effect,
The present death of Hamlet. Do it, England;
For like the hectic in my blood he rages,
And thou must cure me.