Gertrude Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
How isBranagh’s representation of Gertrude in act 1 scene 2 ironic
A
Dressed in a white dress > symbolic of purity and virginity > her second marriage to her widows brother > marrying for desire of sex + power
2
Q
Ghosts instructions to hamlet about Gertrude: “leave her to heaven,/ and to those …
A
“… thorns that in her bosom lodge / to prick and sting her”
> metaphor suggesting hamlet should leave future because her conscience will be the one to punish her
3
Q
Critic smith suggests “…. Is Gertrude’s main interest”
A
“Pleasing men…
4
Q
Critic rose suggested about act 3 scene 4 “the violence towards the mother is the effect of…
A
… the desire for her” > Freudian interpretation > Zeffirelli film interpretation
