Hamlet's Relationships Change In Hamlet By William Shakespeare

There was an unbreakable bond between mother and son that was completely destroyed when a mother married her husband’s brother. Gertrude and Hamlet are not as close as it seems. Hamlet’s feelings had changed towards his mother after she betrayed his father. Hamlet shows his true colors for his mother when he says,

The relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude is strained at first. From the beginning of the play to act III, Hamlet is bitter with his mother. He feels this way because it has been less than

The speech of Hamlet “O that this too sullied flesh would melt, … But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.” (1.2.129-159) is where we can see Hamlet’s sadness towards his mother, Gertrude and his uncle Claudius and feels disappointed about their decision of getting married. Hamlet is seen to be too upset after his father’s death. It’s not even a month has passed and he gets to hear another news about his mother Gertrude and uncle, Claudius getting married. In the beginning of Act 1 Scene 2, King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers, telling them about his recent marriage to Gertrude, mother of Hamlet and his brother’s widow. Claudius says that he mourns his brother but has chosen to balance Denmark’s mourning with delight of his marriage. He also mentions in his speech that young Fortinbras has written to him, rashly demanding the surrender of the lands King Hamlet won from Fortinbras’s father, and dispatches Cornelius and Voltimand with a message for the King of Norway, Fortinbras’s elderly uncle.

Hamlet claims that he is only acting crazy, but it seems more likely that he actually is. Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, assumes that he has gone crazy because of his father’s unexpected death. She tries to bring in Hamlet’s friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to see if they can find the root of Hamlet’s mental issues and cheer up Hamlet. Gertrude, however, fails to realize the role she plays in causing Hamlet’s poor mental state. After the death of Hamlet’s father, Gertrude wastes no time in marrying the new king and maintaining her position as queen. She does not seem to notice the negative impact this has on Hamlet’s disposition. She could simply be pretending that she does not notice how her actions affect Hamlet, but more likely, she is more concerned about maintaining her status as queen than the mental state of her beloved son. Hamlet shows his true feelings about his mother when he says, “O God! A beast, that wants discourse of reason, / Would have mourn’d longer—married with my uncle, / My father’s brother, but no more like my father / Than I to Hercules: within a month” (1.2.150-153). He, however, keeps the disgust he feels at his mother sleeping in “incestuous sheets” to

Hamlet felt like his mother did not care for his deceased father enough. I think it was very disrespectful in all ways for Gertrude to even marry her late husband's brother. I feel that Gertrude and Claudius should have had more respect for the deceased and if they were to get married more than a month after the man’s death. In today’s society people would give Gertrude and Claudius ugly looks and talk about how nasty it is that they got together. People in today’s society would pity Hamlet to have to deal with his situation.

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it is very evident that hatred and a thirst for revenge can turn people into something that they are not. Many characters throughout this story exemplify this, but the main two are Hamlet and Laertes. This theme of revenge is established throughout the whole play and it acts as a vital character. Revenge is seen as a cause for many outcomes. Hamlet pursues revenge on Claudius to avenge his father 's death. Gertrude is targeted by Hamlet for wedding Claudius too quickly after the death of her husband. He also reprimands herfor her participation in his murder. Finally, Laertes pursues Hamlet to avenge his father, Polonius ' death. Shakespeare does this through intense suspense, vivid imagery, and through the character’s phrasing.

Throughout the play, Hamlet’s disdain for his mother marriage to his uncle, Claudius, is made apparent. It is because of this union, Hamlet believes that it is his responsibility to separate Claudius from his mother for her own good. Because Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet, was killed his brother, Claudius, is now King and has married Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. After a play which depicts the death of King

The very fact that his mother did not mourn such a grand man as his father made Hamlet feel as if she had betrayed not only her husband, but him as well. He personifies her as a beast, an animal that could not even properly mourn someone that she had once called husband. The way Hamlet addresses his mother shows his cold reception towards her,“You are the Queen, your husband's brother's wife, / And, would it were not so, you are my mother." (3.4. 16-17). He refuses to acknowledge his mother as anything other than King Hamlet's wife. Hamlet chooses to refer to her as his father’s brother’s wife, not allowing Claudius to become relevant in his speech. Hamlet wishes that Gertrude were no longer his mother, for she has brought shame and grief to his already faltering soul. Her relationship with Claudius has directly affected Hamlet not only in his emotional state, but in his physical being. The thought of incestous occurences happening in the marital bed between Claudius and Gertrude brings only nausea and anger to Hamlet. The very fact that this union has occurred has poisoned his royal lineage. Yet the only emotions Hamlet can express unabashedly are those of disgust and grief that have been brought upon him by his mother.

“Within a month, ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her galled eyes, she married,” (Hamlet 157-9). However it also could simply not apply at all. Afterall, Getrude had other reasons to remarry, such as remaining as queen by marrying the new king or that she truly fell in love with Claudius. Also Hamlet even comments that his mother relies on men too much. In Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 1 he describes his mother as woman who clung to her husband. “Why, she would hang on him as if increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on,” (Hamlet 146-8). In not being able to handle being alone, Gertrude turned to Claudius. Unlike Claudius, Gertrude never shows any sign of guilt. While watching the play, Claudius is unable to resist showing his uncomfortability of what's being portrayed on stage. While Gertrude seems interested in the play but not fazed by it. Her only notable comment regarding the play being, “the lady doth protest too much, methinks,” (Hamlet 222). It is Claudius who can not handle his murder being acted out in front of him, and therefore forces himself to

Despite the fact that Gertrude has very little role and few lines in the play still she is central to the action of the play. Prince Hamlet hatred and disgust for her mother as she marries Claudius, is one of the main important reflections of the play. This is because in times of Shakespeare, marrying husband's brother after husband's death was considered as a sin and act of being disloyal with the husband. Secondly, Prince Hamlet also considered Claudius inferior to his father, the late King Hamlet, in all aspects of life.

Furthermore, after the play when Rosencratz and Guildenstern, sailed to Denmark by the King to do a special mission. They kept a secret from Hamlet to grasp the pieces of information to present to King Claudius about Hamlet. Rosencratz and Guildenstern acted like they dropped by to visit Hamlet, but instead they just spied for Claudius. Additionally, Hamlet was left alone after King Claudius was finishing talking to everyone, Hamlet paused before he began to argue with himself, “There she was marrying my uncle, my father’s brother,’ (Shakespeare 29). After the funeral that happen to King Hamlet, Gertrude decided to marry her ex-husband brother, Claudius. Hamlet knew that this was no accident, he knew how she betrayed behind Hamlet and his father back. Even though Gertrude brought Hamlet into the world and care for him, he still want something shameful to happen to her from the sins she made. Hamlet felt like Gertrude cheated on his father during their marriage. It hurt him so much cause he was mourning in grief that she was too busy kissing up to Claudius. Even though, Hamlet is inspired from all secrets spiraling behind his back, he was also influenced by the anger he has that are flaming in his

The queen obviously considers her son’s dejection to result from his father’s demise. She joins the king in asking Hamlet to stay in Elsinore rather than returning to Wittenberg. Respectfully the prince replies, “I shall in all my best obey you, madam.” So at the outset the audience notes a decidedly good relationship between Gertrude and those about her in the drama, even though Hamlet’s “suit of mourning has been a visible and public protest against the royal marriage, a protest in which he is completely alone, and in which he has hurt his mother” (Burton “Hamlet”). Gertrude would be hurt even more if she were to overhear Hamlet’s first soliloquy, which  expresses anger at the quickness of his mother’s marriage and its incestuousness: “Frailty, thy name is woman! . . . .” Mary Bradford-Whiting, in her article “Mothers in Shakespeare” compares the mother of Juliet to the mother

Queen Gertrude is the mother to Hamlet, widow to the late King, and new wife to King Claudius as shown within the first act of Hamlet. Following her marriage to King Claudius, her relationship with her son Hamlet becomes strained. Queen Gertrude symbolizes much of what is considered to be a negative aspect of womanhood. To Hamlet, Queen Gertrude is a failure of a woman. Through his dialogue, it is presented that Hamlet desires a woman and mother to be concerned for her family and place tradition above all else. When Hamlet’s mother makes a decision outside of that realm and marries King Claudius, Hamlet strives to berate her for her choices. Through

Shakespeare writes in a way that is difficult to understand for anyone that speaks the modern language. His story Hamlet is understood through the emotions felt by his characters. Hamlet is the main character who is conflicted with revenge and conspiring friendships. Hamlet returns home from Germany for his father’s funeral only to find far more troubling things. Hamlet is a conflicted character but that doesn’t stop him from knowing what he wants. Revenge is the main cause of his confliction but with great reason, which is important to understand about this play because it helps explain all the betrayal and tragedy.

She bewilders Hamlet by announcing her marriage to the malevolent Claudius. Hamlet is shocked because his mother has forgotten his father in just two months. He feels completely insulted for his father's sake; the fact she has forgotten him so quickly indicates that he wasn't worth remembering. Gertrude starts her conversation with Hamlet in a very unpredicting way: "Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off," She says this in a very calm way which shows how little she cares about her son's feelings. She doesn't even ask why he is still moring for his dead father, all she cares about is his appearance towards the guests.