Custom Essay: Shakespeares Hamlet and the Character of Gertrude

Hamlet and the Character of Gertrude Bryan N. S. Gooch in come off of The Shapes of Revenge Victimization, Vengeance, and Vindictiveness in Shakespeare, presents as a victim Gertrudes closest woman friend in Shakespeares Hamlet enkindle Keyishian rightly recognizes that distinction between various manifestations of revenge is crucial in coming to terms not only with many another(prenominal) of Shakespeares characters -- and more or less were notable and clearly nasty avengers of perceived yet unsubstantiated wrong(p) -- but also with his social and moral milieu. . . . Moreover, the author clearly presents in Chapter I, Victimization and Revenge Renaissance Voices, a useful survey of the problem, drafting from books on the passions and moving on to consider not only the advocator of the revenger but the powerlessness of victims, e.g., the Duchess of Gloucester, Ophelia. . . . (1). If Ophelia is a victim, certainly Gertrude is likewise, having died from imbibing the poisonou s swallow intended for Hamlet by Claudius and Laertes. This essay intends to explore this aspect and many other aspects of the character of Gertrude. At the outset of the tragedy Hamlet appears change in solemn black. His mother, Gertrude, is apparently disturbed by this and requests of him Good Hamlet, lay thy nighted colour off, And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy terrific father in the dust Thou knowst tis common all that lives must(prenominal) die, Passing through nature to eternity. (1.2) The queen obviously considers her sons dejection to result from his fathers demise. Angela Pitt considers Gertrude a kindly, slow-w... ...Psychoanalysis Into Kenneth Branaghs Hamlet. Early neo Literary Studies 6.1 (May, 2000) 2.1-24 http//purl.oclc.org/emls/06-1/lehmhaml.htm Pitt, Angela. Women in Shakespeares Tragedies. Readings on The Tragedies. Ed. Clarice Swisher. San Diego Greenhaven Press, 1996. Rpt from Sha kespeares Women. N.p. n.p., 1981. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. momma Institute of Technology. 1995. http//www.chemicool.com/Shakespeare/hamlet/full.html Smith, Rebecca. Gertrude Scheming Adulteress or Loving mystify? Readings on Hamlet. Ed. Don Nardo. San Diego Greenhaven Press, 1999. Rpt. from Hamlet A Users Guide. red-hot York Limelight Editions, 1996. Wilkie, Brian and James Hurt. Shakespeare. Literature of the Western World. Ed. Brian Wilkie and James Hurt. New York Macmillan create Co., 1992.