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Act 4, Scene 3. Hamlet is being banished from Denmark and sent to England after killing Polonius.
King: So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes.
Hamlet: I see a cherub that sees them. But come, for England! Farewell, dear mother.
King: They loving father, Hamlet.
Hamlet: My mother. Father and mother is man and wife, man and wife is one flesh, and so, my mother. Come, for England!
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∙ 11y agoHe loves his mother. He hates and loathes his uncle. He is mad at Claudius alright, witness the lines "Bloody, bawdy villain! Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! O vengeance!!" but it is the anger of hate. His anger with his mother is the anger of disappointment. "How could you leave this mountain to batten on this moor?" He is hurt to the core that his mother would leave the father Hamlet idolizes and prefer the uncle he loathes.
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∙ 6y agoHamlet is actually upset about the fact that his mother married his uncle in the first place. He was upset about this before he knew that his father was murdered. (in the "O that this too too solid flesh would melt" soliloquy in 1,2) This emotional reaction shapes and warps his whole attitude to Gertrude and Claudius. He is all too ready to believe the ghost's story, because it is exactly what he wants to believe ("Oh, my prophetic soul--mine uncle!") Likewise, these emotions make him think that Gertrude was party to the murder. That's why he says in Act 3 "Almost as bad, dear mother as kill a king and marry with his brother,". Gertrude is dumbfounded because she had never contemplated the possibility that Claudius may have murdered the elder Hamlet; she says "as kill a king?" All through the closet scene, as Hamlet rants, Gertrude struggles with the realization that the murder is not only possible but likely. But Hamlet is, as always, too self-absorbed to see this.
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What fuels Hamlet's resentment toward Claudius in scene II?
Hamlet: Farewell, dear mother. Claudius: Thy loving father, Hamlet Hamlet: My mother--father and mother is man and wife, man and wife is one flesh, and so, my mother. In some productions, he kisses Claudius on the lips at this point, just like freaking Bugs Bunny. Now that's contempt.
How does Gertrude not know how king Hamlet died?
She's not a doctor. Claudius claimed that Hamlet Sr. died of a snakebite, and she had no reason to believe otherwise. The key line is her response to Hamlet's "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." Hamlet is accusing her of the murder, but her response "To kill a king?" shows that to Gertrude the real shocker in Hamlet's statement is that his father was murdered at all. She had no idea.
Who says thy mother poisoned in hamlet?
She does. She says: No, no, the drink, the drink,--O my dear Hamlet,--The drink, the drink! I am poison'd.
How guilty is Hamlet's mother?
She feels very guilty and she tells Hamlet so. Hamlet asked her to not reveal that he is not really crazy. She then protects Hamlet for the murder of Polonius by telling the king that Hamlet has gone mad. However, it is clear that Gertrude is not as guilty as you might think. She was not aware of the fact that Claudius had killed her first husband for her until Hamlet says "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." "To kill a king?" she asks. She had no idea. Nevertheless she was the motive, or part of the motive for the crime, and this makes her feel guilty.
Why does Hamlet show Gertrude the two portraits?
He's asking her to compare his father and Claudius. In Hamlet's mind, his father was a paragon and his uncle a satyr. There is actually no reason to imagine that Hamlet is accurate in his assessment of the two brothers; in this play, we are constantly being drawn into Hamlet's own fantasy world and his warped perception of the people around him. Hamlet wants Gertrude to enter into his fantasy perception of Claudius and her relationship with him. But one of his remarks seems to have hit home: "Almost as bad, dear mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother." "As kill a king?" she asks, incredulous. And it seems as if she has never before contemplated the possibility that her first husband may have been murdered and her second husband did it. She is trying to get her head around this when Hamlet is going on about how wrong it is for her to have a sex life.
What fuels Hamlet's resentment toward Claudius in scene II?
Hamlet: Farewell, dear mother. Claudius: Thy loving father, Hamlet Hamlet: My mother--father and mother is man and wife, man and wife is one flesh, and so, my mother. In some productions, he kisses Claudius on the lips at this point, just like freaking Bugs Bunny. Now that's contempt.
Why is Hamlet suicidal?
Hamlet is suicidal because his father, who was very dear to him, had just been murdered by Hamlet's uncle, Claudius. Within two short months of his father's murder, Hamlet's mother, Gertrude then married that very same Claudius. This is the main reason as to Hamlet's suicidal tendancies but he is also very mixed up in his head due to encounters with his father's ghost.
Who interrupts Hamlet as he confronts his mother in her room?
Mostly it's not so much of a discussion as Hamlet berating her. She thinks that she is going to give him heck for disturbing Claudius, but it soon becomes apparent that the shoe is on the other foot. He goes off into a long rant in which he abuses Claudius to her, and blames her for having anything to do with him. But she does not get angry with him, probably because she is digesting his remark "Almost as bad, dear mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother." At first she demands to know what he is talking about, but from his abuse of Claudius, she figures it out, and makes the connection with the Mousetrap play. She begins to suspect that Hamlet may be right about Claudius murdering Hamlet Senior. Then the ghost of his father appears to Hamlet, and Hamlet's rant is interrupted. Thereafter it is more like a discussion than a dressing down. The following topics are discussed: 1. Whether Hamlet is crazy. 2. Whether Gertrude should suspend conjugal relations with Claudius. 3. Hamlet's imminent trip to England. 4. What Hamlet is going to do with the corpse of Polonius.
How does Gertrude not know how king Hamlet died?
She's not a doctor. Claudius claimed that Hamlet Sr. died of a snakebite, and she had no reason to believe otherwise. The key line is her response to Hamlet's "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." Hamlet is accusing her of the murder, but her response "To kill a king?" shows that to Gertrude the real shocker in Hamlet's statement is that his father was murdered at all. She had no idea.
Who says thy mother poisoned in hamlet?
She does. She says: No, no, the drink, the drink,--O my dear Hamlet,--The drink, the drink! I am poison'd.
How guilty is Hamlet's mother?
She feels very guilty and she tells Hamlet so. Hamlet asked her to not reveal that he is not really crazy. She then protects Hamlet for the murder of Polonius by telling the king that Hamlet has gone mad. However, it is clear that Gertrude is not as guilty as you might think. She was not aware of the fact that Claudius had killed her first husband for her until Hamlet says "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." "To kill a king?" she asks. She had no idea. Nevertheless she was the motive, or part of the motive for the crime, and this makes her feel guilty.
What three things does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?
1. Kill the king ("If thou didst ever thy dear father love, revenge his foul and most unnatural murder") 2. Lay off Mom. ("nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught") 3. "Remember me."
What do you call a female mother dear?
A doe
Why does Hamlet show Gertrude the two portraits?
He's asking her to compare his father and Claudius. In Hamlet's mind, his father was a paragon and his uncle a satyr. There is actually no reason to imagine that Hamlet is accurate in his assessment of the two brothers; in this play, we are constantly being drawn into Hamlet's own fantasy world and his warped perception of the people around him. Hamlet wants Gertrude to enter into his fantasy perception of Claudius and her relationship with him. But one of his remarks seems to have hit home: "Almost as bad, dear mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother." "As kill a king?" she asks, incredulous. And it seems as if she has never before contemplated the possibility that her first husband may have been murdered and her second husband did it. She is trying to get her head around this when Hamlet is going on about how wrong it is for her to have a sex life.
What facts do we learn from hamlets first soliloquy?
Nothing much more than Claudius has already told us, that "of Hamlet our dear brother's death the memory (is) green" and he has taken "our sometime sister, now our queen . . . to wife." Of course we learn a great deal about how Hamlet feels about his father, his mother and his uncle, and things generally: "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world".
When does gertrude marry claudius?
She appears to be completely loyal to him up to the point where Hamlet says (in the closet scene) "Almost as bad, dear mother, as kill a king, and marry with his brother." Hamlet is accusing his mother of the murder of his father, but Gertrude is astonished and horrified by the suggestion. As the conversation goes on, she realizes that Claudius has murdered Hamlet Sr. for her.As a result of this insight, she is more cautious with Claudius from this point on. When Claudius asks what has happened, she feeds him the line that Hamlet has taught her--that Hamlet was crazy when he killed Polonius. That's not strictly the truth and she knows it, but her loyalty is shifting from Claudius to Hamlet. Some commentators have said that Claudius' line "Oh, Gertrude, Gertrude, when sorrows come they come not single spies but in battalions" refers among other things to his knowledge that Gertrude is more distant than she was.In some productions, Gertrude drinks the poisoned drink knowing it to be poisoned, thus protecting Hamlet, foiling Claudius' plan and redeeming herself from her part in her husband's murder in one stroke.
How does Hamlet mother feel toward Hamlet?
She is a loving mother. In the first act, she tries to coax Hamlet out of his depression. In the second, she shows her astuteness and concern for Hamlet's wild behaviour: "No doubt it is nothing but the main: his father's death and our own o'erhasty marriage." But she has no idea of the depth of the horror which Hamlet sees until the closet scene. Although she cares about Hamlet she doesn't really understand him. It is only when he says "Almost as bad, dear mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother." does she realize what is going on.
