Overview
Character Name
Gertrude
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
Elizabethan Era; Denmark
Analysis
Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother and Queen of Denmark. Her first husband has recently died; within a month, she married her brother-in-law, Claudius.
As opposed to her prominent role in Hamlet, Gertrude plays less of a major part here. She is a sincere woman, genuinely
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