VOICE OVER SOLIOQUY; ESTABLISH SHOT OF THE CASTLE; THE TRANSITION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF CASTLE; LONG TRACK SHOT; GERTRUDE SO YOUNG AND BEUTIFUL, NO WONDER OPEDIUS
He wanted to know if he was capable of committing an evil act in contradistinction to what his fate and his nature tell him to do; Raymond specifically decides to do the exact opposite of what he would normally do, to go against his instincts.