“Oh, my offense is grievous, it smacks of heaven…” he proclaims that his actions, although negative, are powerful and their tremors tremble until the heavens. “My stronger guilt goes against my strong intentions…” The king immediately comes out and says how guilty he is. His strong guilt overshadowed his original intentions, which were to be with Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. He begins to realize throughout the story that he started all the events with his actions. His lust, greed and corruption have rotted Denmark. By the time his actions catch up with him, murder becomes widespread, more hearts are broken, and he inadvertently hurts his beloved Gertrude by putting his son, Hamlet, in such a bad position that he begins to express his anger on everyone around him. . Another quote above is: “Then I will look