The characters in Hamlet all are going through a personal dilemma. But in Act 3 scene iii we can see a very preoccupied Claudius, he reveals that he killed his brother and his repentance for doing so. He shows his feelings to the audience, repeating many times how sorry he is for doing such a thing.
“It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, /A brother's murder” (Lines 41-42) We see how the king is classifying his status as a “curse”, showing his feelings towards what he has done. “My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent” (44). He regrets his actions to the extent of saying that his guilt is greater than his prize for being the King.
You might say that Claudius is balancing the pros and cons of having killed his brother, “Of those effects for which I did the murder, /My crown, mine own ambition and my queen” (58-59) though he is doing this late for he could have done it before he actually killed King Hamlet. But this of course is an assumption I make from outside, for one thing is to have an idea and another is to act upon that idea.
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