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Summary Of Hamlet. Summary Of The Play Hamlet By: Amanda Wellman It's a story of
murder, betrail, hatred all rapped up in one astonishing play. ...
Hamlet. Hamlet is the son of the late King Hamlet (of Denmark), who died
two months before the start of the play. After King Hamlet's ...
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Hamlet: Ophelia and Gertrude
Ophelia and Gertrude, two different women who seem to be trapped in the same situation when it comes to Hamlet. Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark is married to Claudius, who is suspected by Hamlet to have killed his father, King Hamlet, who is Claudius's brother. Gertrude ended up in the plot of King Hamlet's death and in the eyes of her son, is a monster and helped with the murder. Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius who is the King's counselor and is later killed in the play and has forbidden his daughter to see Hamlet. She truly loves Hamlet and is devastated when he disowns her and pretends to be mad. Hamlet's treatment towards these two women brings their characters to life and eventually brings an end to them.
Gertrude is a kind and loving mother, the kind that watches after her son through thick and thin and loves him unconditionally. Hamlet had suspected her of aiding in the killing of King Hamlet. She is shown to be a quiet, "stand with your man" type person who is influenced easily. However, there is a slight change in her personality that isn't too noticeable. At the end of the play, the King and Laertes have plotted to kill Hamlet. One part of the plot was to have Hamlet drink out of a poisoned cup but in the confusion of it all, the Queen ends up with the cup in her hand. Even after the King's warnings not to drink from it she does. She does this and completely defies her husband's wishes by saying before she drinks from the cup, "I will, my lord, I pray you pardon me." I think this shows that if she wouldn't have died from the poison, Gertrude may have been a completely different woman had she found out about Claudius's plot about killing King Hamlet and young Hamlet as well. I believe that she would have stood up for her son if she had a chance to. Hamlet meets with his father's ghost who tells him of Claudius's plot to kill him. After the ghost is done telling his story,...
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