Gertrude

the power of the throne, Claudius becomes responsible for the deaths of all members of his family. Gertrude, his wife that he supposedly loved, is killed by the poison that Claudius poured. Claudius murmurs that “It is the poison’d cup: it is too late” (V.ii.235) as Gertrude drinks from the poison filled cup. His plans involved murdering King Hamlet; however, the murders of Prince Hamlet and Gertrude symbolize the chaos that arose from Claudius’s need to rearrange his world. Finally, as a…

effect of love through the character's duty, Blake conceptualises love as an emotional act performed for the well-being of others. Similarly, both manage to convey how a character's actions can be manipulated and dictated by love to cause havoc. Gertrude is a character that has difficulty expressing her love for both Claudius and Hamlet as by showing love to either of them she is not fulfilling her duty to the other. Hamlet takes greater offence, ultimately verbally attacking her in her…

incestuous and adulterous of a woman Gertrude is for marrying her husband’s brother who was responsible for her husband’s death. Out of nowhere, the ghost appears in the room. When Hamlet sees the ghost his tone and body language changes and the ghost tells Hamlet to not hurt his mother for she is frightened. Gertrude while on the bed sees her son in a weird position and is wondering what’s going on and young Hamlet says he is talking to his father. Gertrude not seeing the ghost thinks Hamlet…

In Hamlet, the central protagonist Hamlet is exposed as a man of misery, depression and despair. We are soon to see that this condition is triggered from his outrage at his mother’s haste marriage to the brother of his father; Hamlet believes that such action is a blatant expression of disloyalty towards his father. Famously damning: ‘Frailty! Thy name is woman!’ Hamlet is left to dwell upon the moral shortcomings of ‘the wretched queen’. As a result, Hamlet comes to developing a cynical…

William Shakespeare. Hamlets father (Old Hamlet) has been murdered by his brother (Claudius). After the death of Old Hamlet, Claudius married Hamlets mother Gertrude. Ever since Hamlet found out Claudius killed his father, he has been trying to gain revenge ever since. Until one day it has been achieved. Claudius is now crowned the new King and Gertrude still remains Queen. A man by the name of Polonius is the adviser. He has two kids by the name of Ophelia and Laertes. Ophelia is Hamlets lover…

“Hamlet”, with Claudius taking on a fairly modern stance and treating Gertrude seemingly equally, and Hamlet embodying traditional values and being disgusted at his mother remarrying. In the article “Female Norms and the Patriarchal Power Structure in Shakespeare's Hamlet”, Gertrude’s independence is noted as “bringing her new husband to greatness but is also ultimately the cause of his downfall”. Claudius has relied on Gertrude for defying her own blood (Hamlet) yet he does not take into…

of deaths throughout the plot. The story first opens with a death, the murder of King Hamlet. Prince Hamlet was left with no reasoning to his father 's death and had to accepted that his Uncle Claudius is taking the throne as king and his mother Gertrude marrying his uncle within a two week period of his father death. Then to make it even harder to cope with the death of his father. His father 's ghost appears to Hamlet, telling him what caused him to die. It was Claudius who was behind it all.…

Shakespeare’s mind. Right at the outset, Zeffirelli and Christopher De Vore, take a right with "Hamlet" by moving some of the dialogue and adding some words to generate a scene that does not happen in the original. During the scene where Hamlet, Gertrude and Claudius are provoking one another over the coffin of Hamlet’s father at the wake. In film terms, this scene makes the central problem of "Hamlet" perfectly clear, and vividly reinforces everything that follows. It sets up not only Hamlet’s…

despite the fact that she is the queen and therefore superior to all of them, with the exception of Claudius. Gertrude literally states, “I shall obey you” (3.1.41), showing her submissiveness to her husband and again, playing into a woman’s role from the Elizabethan era. Throughout the duration of the play, Hamlet continuously insults his mother calling her names such as a whore. However, Gertrude remains calm, quiet, and never speaks up for herself even though she is his mother and queen. She…

scene by Hamlet during his encounter with his mother, Queen Gertrude. During this scene, Hamlet confronts Gertrude over the death of his father, King Hamlet, and her marriage to the late king’s brother, or Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius. Of course, Gertrude does not start the meeting out smoothly by referring to Claudius as Hamlet’s father: “Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended” (3.4.9). Hamlet is furious, and sets up a mirror for Gertrude to literally reflect her actions upon, and, as far as…