Hamlet finds himself in a terrible situation where his love for his father, King Hamlet, conflicts with the view of the people around him. I think that Hamlet goes along with all of the appearances and does not directly express his opposition towards Claudius and Gertrude’s behavior because he is a prince and a man who can’t be sad of complain about the King if Hamlet were to complain then there would become a split and people such as Claudius and Gertrude would become upset with him.
You can tell this because Gertrude and Claudius are telling Hamlet to stop mourning, when Gertrude says “Cast thy knighted colour of”. By them telling him to stop then obviously they want him to man up and act more like a prince. Also they don’t take notice to his feeling. You can see this when he asks to go to school but they attack him saying that he must stay here. So he might also be afraid that they will not care about what he thinks or feels.
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