Claudius criticizes Hamlet for continuing to mourn his father's death, as shown in option A.
We can arrive at this answer because:
- Claudius thinks the acceptable time for Hamlet to mourn has passed and now there is no longer any justification for him to continue to mourn his father's death.
- He believes that Hamlet is hindering the kingdom's progress and affairs with this constant lamentation.
- So he criticizes Hamlet, to convince people that Hamlet is wrong.
However, Claudius was responsible for the death of Hamlet's father and is afraid that this will be discovered. For this reason, he wants people to stop talking about this death so that no one will distrust the murderer.
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