The choices we make as individuals have an affect on us but can also affect others around us. Sometimes our actions and choices have a bigger affect on others than they do on ourselves. The choices may seem alright at the time however, sometimes times in the long run they affect us as well as others more than anticipated. These choices may involve other individuals by either creating relationships or betraying our loved ones. Gertrude, Hamlets’ mother affects multiple people around her based on the choices she makes. Her husband passes away and rather than caring for her children and making sure they grow up to be the best that they can be, she focuses on her own life and what she wants in life. "She married, O, most wicked speed, to post with
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She avoids many things in life, however the biggest one is not taking responsibility for her actions and what she has done. Gertrude is a mother and with that one of her biggest responsibilities is to raise her son properly. She did not succeed in raising him to be the man he is meant to be. After her husband and the father of her children was killed by his brother, she falls in love with Claudius and later marries him. This not only affects Hamlets’ view of his mother and Claudius, it also affects the view he has on others. Hamlet has always had a very strong love for his mother. This relationship is not the normal mother to son relationship instead Hamlet is obsessed with her. This obsession should have stopped at a younger age but Gertrude did not stop it. Now Hamlet is much older and still has the same attraction, which is harder to let go. When Claudius comes into the picture and Hamlet starts finding everything out, he gets infuriated. He tries to find a way to express his anger and the only other person he loves is Ophelia. Hamlet has uncontrollable anger towards his mother’s sin and for Claudius, due to the fact he killed his father. However, now his intense emotions are being directed towards
She avoids many things in life, however the biggest one is not taking responsibility for her actions and what she has done. Gertrude is a mother and with that one of her biggest responsibilities is to raise her son properly. She did not succeed in raising him to be the man he is meant to be. After her husband and the father of her children was killed by his brother, she falls in love with Claudius and later marries him. This not only affects Hamlets’ view of his mother and Claudius, it also affects the view he has on others. Hamlet has always had a very strong love for his mother. This relationship is not the normal mother to son relationship instead Hamlet is obsessed with her. This obsession should have stopped at a younger age but Gertrude did not stop it. Now Hamlet is much older and still has the same attraction, which is harder to let go. When Claudius comes into the picture and Hamlet starts finding everything out, he gets infuriated. He tries to find a way to express his anger and the only other person he loves is Ophelia. Hamlet has uncontrollable anger towards his mother’s sin and for Claudius, due to the fact he killed his father. However, now his intense emotions are being directed towards