The play of Hamlet involves many characters, and out of them all; a unique one is Gertrude The Queen. She may not come off as a overly influential character, when in reality she changes the story in different ways,
Gertrude’s role is normally looked at as if nothing, with readers reading her lines as if they are just normal rebudile towards the other actors. When you look a bit deeper though, her responses are specific and well thought out. .Gertrude seems to have the ability to foreshadow accurately. She also can analyze situations easily, even helping the reader understanding the scene.
The crucial scene of Act 3, Scene 4 is the only example in which Hamlet and Gertrude are alone on stage. The mix of Hamlet’s passion, her guilt, and the …show more content…
In this section Gertrude swears on her life to keep Hamlet's facade of craziness a secret, and to keep her knowledge of her first husband's murder a secret from her second husband, who is the killer of the first. During this sole scene, Hamlet and Gertrude grow together as characters. This making their deaths even more tragic.
When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern arrive in Act two Scene two, Gertrude talks to them, saying they have been brought to her because of how Hamlet "hath talked of you,". She shows sincerity in her concern for her son, but even after Hamlet has talked to her about what he thinks about Claudius, even when he told her about how something was amiss in Denmark, she never goes against Claudius.
This gives the reader the thought that maybe her feelings towards Hamlet are faked, or maybe that she is a submissive character that cannot speak what she feels towards the king. If she truly agreed with Hamlet and realized what had been done wrong, it’d be assumed that she’d do something about it. Unless she felt she didn't have the ability to stand up against the King, or that maybe she had doubts about what Hamlet had
Gertrude’s role is normally looked at as if nothing, with readers reading her lines as if they are just normal rebudile towards the other actors. When you look a bit deeper though, her responses are specific and well thought out. .Gertrude seems to have the ability to foreshadow accurately. She also can analyze situations easily, even helping the reader understanding the scene.
The crucial scene of Act 3, Scene 4 is the only example in which Hamlet and Gertrude are alone on stage. The mix of Hamlet’s passion, her guilt, and the …show more content…
In this section Gertrude swears on her life to keep Hamlet's facade of craziness a secret, and to keep her knowledge of her first husband's murder a secret from her second husband, who is the killer of the first. During this sole scene, Hamlet and Gertrude grow together as characters. This making their deaths even more tragic.
When Rosencrantz and Guildenstern arrive in Act two Scene two, Gertrude talks to them, saying they have been brought to her because of how Hamlet "hath talked of you,". She shows sincerity in her concern for her son, but even after Hamlet has talked to her about what he thinks about Claudius, even when he told her about how something was amiss in Denmark, she never goes against Claudius.
This gives the reader the thought that maybe her feelings towards Hamlet are faked, or maybe that she is a submissive character that cannot speak what she feels towards the king. If she truly agreed with Hamlet and realized what had been done wrong, it’d be assumed that she’d do something about it. Unless she felt she didn't have the ability to stand up against the King, or that maybe she had doubts about what Hamlet had