Gertrude

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…

has similarities and they also have differents, contrasting role in the book.They are Gertrude and Ophelia, Ophelia, a naive and foolish girl who deeply loves Hamlet. As Ophelia said in the Act 1 scene 3 "He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders of his affection to me"(http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet_1_3.html) She thinks Hamlet loves her too, but she doesn;t know Hamlet just using her. Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and she married with Hamlet's uncle(his dad's brother) after…

Summary of Act IV Act 4 begins right after hamlet exits, dragging Polonius body, we see Claudius asking Gertrude to explain what happened she tells him about Hamlet’s accidental killing of Polonius and Claudius realizes that he could have been killed. Claudius asks where Hamlet has gone and Gertrude says that he has taken the body away. The king orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and discover where he has taken Polonius Corpse. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern finds Hamlet and…

remaining family members, Gertrude and Claudius. Gertrude cares immensely for Hamlet, and their relationship has a lot of potential. Initially on the outside, Hamlet appears to respect his mother, and it seems that he wishes to please her. QUEEN. Let not thy mother lose her prayers, Hamlet I pray thee stay with us, go not to Wittenberg. HAMLET. I shall in all my best obey you, madam. (1.2.118-120) In this dialogue, it appears that Hamlet is mindful towards his relationship with Gertrude, since…

In Shakespeare’s Tragedy, Hamlet, one views only two women in the play, however it is Gertrude and Ophelia that provide different, yet significant perspectives to the play. The first of the two perspectives is from Ophelia, a woman who is in deep love with Hamlet, and really cares for him. Despite her love towards Hamlet, she is mistreated by him when he acts “mad.” The pain that Ophelia endures demonstrates to the reader how hard the events of the play must be for someone who loves Hamlet and…

What is ironic about Polonius’ “Brevity of the soul of wit” speech? What is ironic is that Polonius’ speech is neither brief nor witty. He talks for a long period of time and says the same thing over and over again. Gertrude even makes fun of him when she says, “More matter, with less art.” (Act II scene ii) Polonius is long winded and cannot make his point clear. Instead, he is seen as a fool in the play. He is more of a half-wit. He still does not realize that…

alone, clearly shows that he is a bad person. Claudius also is extremely selfish, never caring about others. He always puts his lust for power and money over anyone or anything. This can be seen through the fact that the only real reason he married Gertrude was to acquire power. He clearly does not love her as a wife, he just is with her for the power.…

to be the forefront of his depiction of Gertrude. The juxtaposition of metaphors and cause and effect serve to emphasize the foil of action and inaction. While Hamlet is inactive in following his endeavors to kill Claudius, there is internalized action to free his sullen state of mind. Hamlet’s failure to control his mother through the Oedipus complex, the trait of a son to replace his father, represents a redevelopment of his mental stability to win Gertrude back from Claudius.…

Gertrude stands out among the rest because she does not fall into the drama and refuses to see the stained family image that hurts Hamlet immensely. Gertrude’s denial of family conditions and her monotone personality contrasts with all the other characters, Hamlet himself, and the story overall: “Gertrude is the antithesis of her son. Hamlet is a scholar, and brightly witted, where Gertrude does not think before she acts, she simply does.” (St…

and perspective views of the characters. These new traits eventually make up the identity of these characters which allow them to exemplify new ideas and images in the play; specifically in the characters of Ophelia and Gertrude. The identity of women through both Ophelia and Gertrude is represented by their mistakes and responses to these mistakes. The portrayal of women in the play Hamlet is depicted as weak and powerless at the feet of men. Hamlet 's view of love is that of what he believed…