How Is Gertrude Presented In Hamlet

Even though Shakespeare makes Gertrude appear as a loving and caring character, he interprets her as if she is vulnerable because she does not have mind of her own and is being manipulated by others decisions. Ex-wife of late King Hamlet and then married to his brother Claudius, she is a puzzling character who seeks a lot of attention of the reader to see how her character enrolls in the book. Sadly she is very oblivious and clueless about mostly anything anyone does in each scene. A victimized character who is leaving everything in the past to focus on a new future that consequently ends up in a tragedy.

Throughout the whole novel, Gertrude seems out of place and looks like she lets herself be convinced by others opinions. There is no doubt that she does not know about Claudius murdering the late king because at the beginning of the novel the ghost of Hamlet’s father speaks to him and tell him not to do any harm to his mother: …show more content…
Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast . . . Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother’s hand of life, of crown, of queen at once dispatched . . . But, howsomever thou pursues this act, taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught. Leave her to her vet and those thorns that in her bosom lodge to prick and ting her. (1.5.61)
It can also mean that she did not want to lose her power to the throne and needed to depend on a man by his side and who not better than the late kings brother? She makes Hamlet suffer through this arrangement and she admits it to