![]() Hamlet feels that Gertrude hurts the king more by not mourning during the king’s burial. Therefore, he suffered during his whole lifetime. In the whole book, Hamlet dedicates most of his time and energy trying to take revenge for the death of the king, his father, whom he believes was cruelly treated by those for whom he cared. In his opinion, remarriage is a tremendous act of betrayal. Gertrude marries the brother of Hamlet’s father and this why Hamlet is upset with his mother. Through her relationship with her son Hamlet, Shakespeare paints a picture of betrayal. In this play, Shakespeare uses a woman called Gertrude, who is among the few women featured in the masterwork. This paper seeks to address Hamlet’s relationship with his mother as brought out in the play though the analysis of the characters. In Hamlet, the must-read chef-d’oeuvre, Shakespeare brings to light the connections between members of a family, namely Hamlet, who is a prince, his late father, his mother Gertrude and his stepfather Claudius. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has in most of his books and in particular, The Tragedies exposed the good and the bad side of family ties, especially between parents and their kids, including oedipal complex issues. William Shakespeare, the famous playwright, has addressed the issue of relationships in most of his plays, especially as of family ties. ![]()
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