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A 4 page paper which examines what exactly Gertrude knew and when she knew it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Hamlet, Gertrude is very much in the background, saying little. Therefore, it is difficult to ascertain what exactly she knew regarding the murder of her husband, King Hamlet, her
new husband (now King) Claudiuss role in the slaying of his brother, if any, and whether or not she had been involved in a conspiracy or had simply been a
na?ve widow who needed a man in order to survive. This is why "The Mousetrap" play Hamlet stages for the King and Queen in Act III, Scene ii becomes
crucial in order to gain a better insight into Gertrude, specifically exactly what did she know and when did she know it? The dumbshow, which is actually the performance prior
to the actual play, features a Player King and Queen who are remarkably similar to Claudius and Gertrude. Like the royal couple upon which they have been modeled, the
Player Queen hastily remarried just a few months after her husbands murder, a fact she dismisses rather coldly with the observation, "The instances that second marriage move / Are base
respects of thrift, but none of love. / A second time I kill my husband dead / When second husband kisses me in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally
matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III.ii.247) This staged scene leaves no doubt that the Player Queen knowingly committed adultery and murder so
that she would be free to marry her lover. The natural assumption would be that Gertrude would express outrage after what she has witnessed. However, she does quite
the contrary. When Hamlet asks her what she thinks of what she has seen, Gertrude replies only, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" (III.ii.254). What is interesting
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