"It's a new experience for me, being openly in love. Perhaps it's because my origins are in tragedy, but I'm used to fraught silences, hidden sacrifices, feelings that were never spoken. I intended to lie to Gertrude for the rest of my life about killing my brother for her ... but there was never a moment where she didn't know. That's tragic irony for you." Perhaps this Shakespeare has earned his widespread fame, if he can construct tragic circumstances so neatly. Thoughtfully, Claudius asks, "What does 'down bad' mean?"