I Claudius Book Summary. The robert graves novel i, claudius begins with a depiction of the title character as a child. A short summary of this paper.
Antonia, claudius’ mother, is particularly cruel to him, and livia and augustus simply refuse to be in his presence. Claudius was also interested in scholarly pursuits and was a prolific writer. This engaging summary presents an analysis of i, claudius by robert graves, the fictionalised autobiography of the titular character, who unexpectedly became emperor in ce 41.
After marrying his niece agrippina, claudius adopted her son lucius domitius ahenobarbus (later the emperor nero) to satisfy agrippina’s lust for power, much to the disadvantage of his own son britannicus.
Claudius’s speech is compared to poison being poured in the ear—the method he used to murder hamlet’s father. Divided into three parts, the story follows the villains of the play, gertrude and claudius, exploring their adulterous relationship that leads to the murder of claudius’ older brother and gertrude’s spouse, king hamlet. Claudius marcellus took syracuse after two years and. Claudius was poisoned by agrippina on october 13, 54 ce, though the details differ.