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In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlet's mother and Queen of Denmark. Her relationship with Hamlet is somewhat turbulent, since he resents her marrying her husband's brother Claudius after he murdered the king (young Hamlet's father, King Hamlet ).
Did she love her husband? Did she know about Claudius’s plan to commit the murder? Did she love Claudius, or did she marry him simply to keep her high station in Denmark? Does she believe Hamlet when he insists that he is not mad, or does she pretend to believe him simply to protect herself?
Following the death of her husband, King Hamlet, Gertrude quickly marries Claudius, thus becoming the Queen of Denmark. This hasty remarriage raises suspicions and accusations of incest, as Claudius is the brother of Gertrude's deceased husband.
Gertrude marries her brother-in-law, Claudius, very shortly after the death of her husband—an action perceived as cruel, obscene, lustful, and opportunistic by her son, Hamlet. In reality, this choice is one of the few options available to a woman of Gertrude’s time: a woman whose political safety and social standing is entirely dependent ...
Gertrude, queen of Denmark and mother of Hamlet, who is married to her first husband’s murderer in Shakespeare’s tragedy
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Gertrude married her husband’s brother. Gertrude is an important female character in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She is Hamlet’s mother and the widow of the late king. Shortly after the king’s death, she married Claudius, the dead king’s brother and her brother-in-law.
Extended Character Analysis. Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother. Two months after the death of her first husband, King Hamlet, she marries his brother, Claudius.
