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In seven pages, this paper compares and contrasts the relationships between Shakespeare’s Gertrude and Hamlet and Williams’ Amanda and Tom Wingfield to determine which is the more controlling of the two mothers. Six sources are listed in the bibliography.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG61_TGwingham.rtf
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the incestuous relationship between the husband-and-wife King of Thebes and Queen Jocasta, who were also mother and son. Sophocles play questioned the extent of the intimacy that exists between
mothers and sons that continues to influence the dynamic of these relationships long after the sons have reached adulthood. Some mothers are either unwilling or unable to cut the
umbilical cord, figuratively speaking, and seek to retain control over their sons action or behavior as a way of keeping them emotionally tied to them. Two of the most
famous mothers to grace the world stage are Queen Gertrude of Denmark, mother of William Shakespeares tortured hero Hamlet; and Amanda Wingfield, whose son Tom also served as narrator in
Tennessee Williams post-World War II play The Glass Menagerie. Both mothers try to exert control their sons, but to varying degrees. Gertrudes method is covert and oftentimes ambiguous,
whereas Amandas technique is always overt and suffocatingly domineering. They are mothers who, because of death or desertion, must also assume the paternal role in raising their sons.
Perhaps it is this dual parental identity that is responsible for Gertrudes and Amandas attempts to dominate Hamlet and Tom in varying degrees. Young Prince Hamlet of Denmark has been
dealt two blows in rapid succession. First, while away at college, he learns his father has been murdered. Next, he is informed that his mother traded in her
widows weeds for a wedding dress a scant two months after the Kings funeral. Her choice of groom is even more stunning: Claudius, the brother of her slain husband.
This means that Hamlet, who was to be next in line to succeed his father, must now step aside in favor of his new stepfather/uncle. He is juggling
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