Ophelia and Gertrude
Date Submitted: 06/18/2003 01:18:11
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 7 pages (1998 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 7 pages (1998 words)
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 …
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…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
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