Talk:Gertrude (Hamlet)

Oedipus complex
I have removed the reference to Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet portraying Hamlet as having incestuous feelings towards his mother. Whoever wrote this must have been thinking of the Franco Zeffirelli. I have made the necessary changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.32.248 (talk) 00:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Likewise, the Olivier version contains no such content. This section should be supported or removed. 206.57.41.114 (talk) 21:04, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

The Oedipus Complex remarks shouldn't be confined to one particular character, so I removed that. Needs a different page, "Oedipus in Hamlet" or some such, with only a link here. JeffJo (talk) 08:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC) Gertrude’s relationship with her son is quite complicated, but it is still a mother son relationship. Even though it seems that Gertrude is not a good mother, she does love Hamlet, but she doesn’t really seem to show it. In the beginning of the play, we see Hamlet and Gertrude having a regular mother and son relationship. Everything was going well until Gertrude married Claudius. Hamlet was affected in a way because he viewed his mother differently. Even though Gertrude married Claudius, she still saw Hamlet as her son. She did not see him differently afterwards because she stilled loved him. Even though he did not approve of it, Gertrude did not really have anything to say in the beginning. She does love Hamlet, but she believes that he has gone mad. She does not really say much at all in the beginning, but she does love him. We see that Gertrude notices that her son has changed in a way, but she does not really want to tell him. One can see that Gertrude really does love her son, but she does not really show any affection in the beginning of the play. She makes a really poor decision in the beginning of the play by marrying Claudius. She did not think about how the marriage would affect Hamlet, but she did not want to hurt him in any way because she really does like him. She does not show her affection for him until Act Three. This is where we see how Gertrude feels about Hamlet. Gertrude tells Hamlet that he has offended Claudius, and Hamlet decides to talk back and express his feelings. Gertrude was completely clueless about Hamlet feeling bad. When Hamlet talks to Gertrude, she realizes that she has hurt her son. she tells him that she doesn’t want him to speak anymore because she has realized that she has changed her son. As a mother, she sees that it is all her fault, and she has failed her son. Her role in the family is to be a loving mother, and she has failed. We see that Gertrude cares for the safety of her son when Hamlet tells her not to tell anybody about the murder of Polonius. One can see that she is willing to do anything for her son. She cares for him a lot, and she does not want anything to happen to him. This is what a mother is always willing to do for her son, and one can see that Gertrude’s relationship consists of a regular mother and son relationship, but with some twists and turns. She knows that she loves her son, and that she will do anything for him. She never wanted to hurt him in any way, but she did it without really knowing it. Once she realizes what she has done, she tries to work things out with her son. When she confronts Hamlet about everything, she is very emotional, and she cannot face the fact that she has let her son down. O Hamlet, speak no more. “Thou turn'st my very eyes into my soul, And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.”(III.iv.99-102) O speak to me no more; these words like daggers enter my ears; No more, sweet Hamlet! (III.iv.107-109) One can come to the conclusion that she loves Hamlet, and that she knows that she has hurt him, and she is very sorry for what she has done. Even though she has done some bad things, she is still a pretty good mother because she shows that she cares for Hamlet. Even though Hamlet talked bad about her, Gertrude still manages to be faithful to Hamlet, and she is willing to protect him in any way. We see that Gertrude does care for Hamlet, but we only see it in a couple parts of the play. It is towards the end that we see that Gertrude cares for Hamlet, and it is towards the end where we see a mother’s sacrifice for her son. She is concerned with the duel, and she does not want anything to happen to her son. As she is watching the duel, she takes a sip out of the poisoned drink, and before she dies, she warns her son about the cup. The love she had for Hamlet was seen until the end. She tried everything to save her son, and she died doing so. It is clear that Gertrude really did love Hamlet a lot, but she made many mistakes that really jeopardized her relationship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.116.247.81 (talk) 20:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

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