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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.
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∙ 13y agoHamlet loathes and despises Claudius. He has a kind of hero worship for his father, and compares the two: "Hyperion to a satyr", "No more like my father than I to Hercules", "like a mildewed ear, blasting his wholesome brother", "Could you leave this fair mountain to batten on this moor?" He is disgusted by Claudius' love of firing off cannons when he drinks: "'It is a custom more honoured in the breach than in the observance." He is nauseated by the concept of his relationship with Hamlet's mother: "Do not let the bloat king tempt you again to bed, pinch wanton on your cheek, call you his mouse, and let him, for a pair of reechy kisses, or paddling in your neck with his damned fingers, make you ravel all this matter out . . ."
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∙ 14y agoShe did not mourn long enough to show respect for her deceased husband
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∙ 14y agoFrustrated that he will not lighten his mood
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∙ 13y agoShe did not mourn long enough to show respect for her deceased husband.
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∙ 13y ago"Oh, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, and it cannot come to good." "Oh, God, a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer."
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Scene ii Hamlet is upset because his mother?
hamlet is upset with his mother because she remarried only 2 months after his father's death.
Does the Ghost speak only to Hamlet and not to Marcellus and Horatio?
Yes the ghost only speaks to Hamlet. The others can see him but cannot hear him. When the ghost visits Hamlet in his mother's closet, his mother can neither see nor hear him.
Who dies from a poisened chalice in Hamlet?
Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, accidentally drinks the poison. This happened because she was giving a toast to Hamlet after winning the fencing match against Laertes but not knowing that Claudius intended to make Hamlet drink from that cup if the plant to poison him from fencing fails.
What did hamlet tell gertrude to do at the end of this act?
Hamlet tells his mother Queen Gertrude that she must repent choosing Claudius over his father. This occurs in Act 3 scene 4 of Hamlet.
When does Hamlet vent his anger on someone who didn't deserve it?
Most noticeably when he arranges for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's death when they were just the messengers. His anger at Ophelia, Gertrude and Polonius may also be seen as misplaced. It is Claudius who he should be angry with. Hamlet is angry with his mother, but his mother had no part in the death of Hamlet's father nor did she know that Claudius had killed him.
Who Hamlet's mother?
Gertrude is Hamlet's mother.
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.
What support the interpretation that Hamlet suffers from an Oedipus complex?
His passive resistance to his father's wishes && His rage toward his mother (APEX)
Was ophelia Hamlet's mother?
Gertrude is Hamlet's mother. Ophelia is his love interest.
Who did Hamlets mother remarry?
Hamlet's mother married his uncle (his father's brother) after his father's death.
Who Married Hamlet's uncle?
Hamlet's mother married his uncle. Distraught over this, and the fact his uncle killed his father, Hamlet began plotting to kill him.
Who is Hamlet's mother?
Gertrude
Who was Gertrude in Shakespeare's plays?
Gertrude is the name of Hamlet's mother in Hamlet.
What does the ghost command him not to do in Hamlet?
The ghost tells Hamlet not to bother his mother.
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.
Who gertrude from Hamlet?
Queen Gertrude is Prince Hamlet's mother and the new bride of King Claudius, Hamlet's uncle.
Who was gertrude in Hamlet?
Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark and the mother of Hamlet. She has no idea that Claudius killed her son's father. As shown in Act 3 scene 4. This reasoning comes from where Hamlet goes to her room and tells her angrily of what she has done wrong. It is news to her of Claudius being a murder and a villain.
