Queen Gertrude

Queen Gertrude

Queen Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother, a widow, and married to Claudius (Hamlet’s Uncle). Gertrude seems selfish, shallow, and thinks only about her body and external pleasures. We see how she likes to use fine clothes, sexuality and royalty. Hamlet is angry with his mother, because she married her husband's brother. Hamlet resents his mother because he feels she got over her husband's death far too quickly. Gertrude’s love for Claudius seems genuinely but we do not know if she does it because she feels lonely or because maybe marring Claudius made her feel safe. Hamlet and we as readers also do not know if she knows that Claudius is a criminal. Gertrude cares more about herself and her status than about her son and that makes her relationship with Hamlet be unstable. We chose the song Boston by Augustana as an example of what Hamlet feels towards Queen Gertrude (his mom). 

Camila Camargo-Alejandro Giraldo