Ophelia and Gertrude. Two different women who seem to be trapped in the same circumstances in relation to Hamlet.         Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark. She is married to the present King, Claudius, who is suspected by Hamlet to have killed his father, King Hamlet, who also happens to be Claudius's brother. Gerturde has somehow ended up in the plot of King Hamlet's death and in the eyes of her son, seems to …showed first 75 words of 1998 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1998 total…show that the downfall of the women was due only to Hamlet's actions and behavior and that if he hadn't acted the way he did, the women would still be alive, as well as he.                                    'To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing, end them.'7