“Take you me for a sponge, my lord” - R+G
They absorb all the info/ secrets he tells them
Link to being played by Claudius
“Mad as the sea” - Hamlet
Unpredictable like the sea
“His very madness like some ore” - Hamlet
Even though he is mad, the corruption has not fully gotten to him- in a way, still pure
“Compound it with the dust” - Claudius
Combined with dust- buried
Another of Claudius’ favourites- lack of value
“He keeps on like an ape 🦍” - Claudius
Claudius uses them
Dehumanises/ animalistic- no sense of consequences/ conscious or morality
Driven by senses/ desires