Laertes, was your father dear to you?
Or are you like the painting of a sorrow,
A face without a heart?
– William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7. Claudius to Laertes, who has returned from Paris on news of his father Polonius’ death. The King is trying to manipulate Laertes into killing Hamlet for him. He is daring him to be man enough to revenge his father’s death, casting doubt on whether his grief is real or just a show. The two-faced Claudius is pretending to be the bereaved young man’s friend, while pouring poison into his ear.