The more impervious exterior, the frailer the interior.

Characters such as Claudius and Laertes feel compelled to regret for their past actions and live their lives in fear of judgment. They show an inability to stay true to their own needs and they may even become characters that do not represent their true identity. Claudius showed traits of an ambitious king willing to do whatever it took to hold power and at the same moment is filled with the guilt of killing his own brother, this makes a character of weak willpower and timidity.