Read the excerpt from hamlet.

claudius: why to a public count i might not go,
is the great love the general gender bear him;
who, dipping all his faults in their affection,
would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone,
convert his gyves to graces; so that my arrows,
too slightly timber’d for so loud a wind,
would have reverted to my bow again,
and not where i had aim’d them.

which conclusion about claudius does the excerpt support?

This excerpt from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, draws this conclusion about Claudius that he is not a popular king.

Explanation:

Claudius always cared about being a King. That’s the reason why he got King Hamlet killed at the first go. He cares about holding onto the throne which is well-understood when he marries Gertrude, the king’s widow and the mother of Prince Hamlet. He is also aware that he’s not a popular king. The public loves Hamlet for which he knows that he just can't arrest him for the murder of Polonius. Claudius’s words point towards his intentions. He wants Prince Hamlet out of his way and he knows that he has to do it in a tricky and twisted way or else the public will support Hamlet and not him.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.