Context: Gertrude's journey: an actor playing Gertrude is faced with a dilemma - how much does she know? Is she as much a victim as Hamlet, with no idea of Claudius' involvement in the death of Old Hamlet, her previous husband? Or are we to imagine she was attracted to a younger, perhaps more dynamic, brother whom she would willingly - and quickly - marry? Could she even be an accomplice?
If she is an innocent victim, at what point does she realise
the truth? |
