Hamlet Good Vs Evil

Even though Gertrude seems to go through a couple different stages of good and evil she ultimately redeems herself before her death. Gertrude is seen as the wife of old King Hamlet and the mother of younger Hamlet. With the death of old King Hamlet she grieved for a short while, but almost immediately following the death, Gertrude was married to Claudius. “Why she, even she married with my uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father than I to Hercules” (1.2.151-158). Marrying Claudius so soon was very strange because she should still be grieving the loss of her husband. Hamlet in a way is looked at differently by his mother for grieving the loss of his father. She thinks that the time has passed and he should move on. Gertrude is doing what she thinks is right by marrying Claudius, she wants to keep herself and Hamlet in a place of power. Keeping them in a place of power is certainly a good reason for the marriage and she knows it. Gertrude was not betraying her son when she told everything to Claudius. The plan was to have Gertrude talk to Hamlet with Polonius eavesdropping behind the curtain. Hamlet figuring out that someone was eavesdropping stabbed through the curtain hoping to …show more content…
Gertrude did not believe that Hamlet had gone mad, she was just going along with it to protect her own interests. “Alas, how isn't with you, that you do bend your eye on vacancy and with the incorporal air do hold discourse?”(3.4.132-141). The ghost of old King Hamlet has appeared in Gertrude’s bedroom in front of her and Hamlet, Hamlet is the only one who can see or talk to the ghost. This means that the ghost has either chosen to speak to Hamlet alone or it is a figment of Hamlet's imagination, Gertrude could very easily assume that he is going crazy talking to himself but she loves her son and would never believe such