Gertrude by Chris Kerr https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude Gertrude reveals that Shakespeare believes women are the weaker gender. en-us 2015-05-26 16:15:40 UTC 2025-09-24 06:50:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/rose_close.jpg HAMLET SAYS chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61653106 "Frailty, thy name is woman" (1, 2, 146)

]]> 2015-05-26 17:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61653106 THE GHOST SAYS chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61653255

“So to seduce! - won to his shameful lust the will of my most seeming-virtuous queen” (1, 5, 45-6)

]]> 2015-05-26 17:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61653255 GERTRUDE DOES chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61653370 offer the poisoned cup to Hamlet, after drinking from it (5, 2, 283)

]]> 2015-05-26 17:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61653370 GERTRUDE SAYS iacoep https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61697034 "Thou turn'st my very eyes into my soul, and there I see such black and grained spots as will not leave their tinct" (3, 4, 88-91)

]]> 2015-05-27 01:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61697034 GERTRUDE IS SUSPECTED OF iacoep https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61697135 "kill[ing] a king and marry[ing] then with his brother" (3.4.35)

Were she to have not been involved in the plot, she must be so naive as to not find out on her own.

]]> 2015-05-27 01:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61697135 GERTRUDE SAYS iacoep https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61773131 "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

In reference to the Player Queen

]]> 2015-05-27 16:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61773131 GERTRUDE SAYS chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61775112 "For the supply and profit of our hope, your visitation shall receive such thanks as fits a king's remembrance" (2, 2, 24-6)

]]> 2015-05-27 16:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61775112 GERTRUDE SAYS chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61778593 "I doubt it is no other but the main, his father's death and our oe'r hasty marriage" (2, 2, 56-7)

]]> 2015-05-27 17:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61778593 WHAT IF chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61886889 Gertrude is too naive to realize that the Player Queen is a portrait of her?

]]> 2015-05-28 16:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61886889 WHAT IF... chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887357 Gertrude's naivety is displayed because of her ignorance to the presence of fatal poison in the chalice?

]]> 2015-05-28 16:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887357 WHAT IF... chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887493 Despite her "virtue", Gertrude was still susceptible to the advances of Claudius because of her mental inferiority?

]]> 2015-05-28 16:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887493 GERTRUDE SAYS TO LAERTES chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887692 That although Polonius was killed, it was "not by [Claudius]" (4, 5, 127)

]]> 2015-05-28 16:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887692 Evidence of Gertrude's Indiscrestion Throughout the Play iacoep https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887811

Act 1 Scene 2: Tells Hamlet to "cheer up" in response to him being depressed about his father's death and mother's quick remarriage.

Act 3 Scene 4: Plans for Polonius to spy on her and Hamlet in her room during a private conversation. This plan ultimately gets Polonius killed.

Act 4 Scene 1: Organizes with Claudius to have Hamlet sent to England.

Act 5 Scene 2: After disobeying Claudius drinks a poisoned cup which she dies from.

]]> 2015-05-28 16:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887811 WHAT IF... chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887892 Despite her love for her son, Gertrude defends Claudius out of fear for no longer being in a position of power?

]]> 2015-05-28 16:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61887892 GERTRUDE SAYS chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61888133 that the rebellion is composed of "false Danish dogs" (4, 5, 109)

]]> 2015-05-28 16:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61888133 WHAT IF... chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61889897 Gertrude sees the rebellion as false and yet is unable to see the falsehood of Cladius' crown?

]]> 2015-05-28 16:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61889897 GERTRUDE SAYS chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61890285 "To my sick soul, as sin's true nature is, each toy seems prologue to some great amiss" (4, 5, 17-8)

]]> 2015-05-28 16:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61890285 WHAT IF... chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61890418 Even though Gertrude admits to feeling guilty, she does not change her behavior out of her female weakness?

]]> 2015-05-28 16:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61890418 WHAT IF... chriskerr1997 https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61890921 even though Gertrude clearly knows her actions have hurt Hamlet, she does not aim to change them because she is too self-absorbed?

]]> 2015-05-28 16:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/chriskerr1997/gertrude/wish/61890921