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Post by Jooyoung on Feb 13, 2016 3:04:31 GMT
In Act 3 Scene 4, Hamlet accuses Gertrude of lust for marrying Claudius only few months after King Hamlet's death - he believes that Gertrude married Claudius for he own desire. However, there also is a possibility that Gertrude was taking the responsibility to protect and stabilize the nation as a queen. Without a King, nation is exposed to outside threats and internal chaos. Through her marriage with Claudius, this can be prevented. (Which also would explain why she married so soon after King Hamlet death) What do you guys think? Why did Gertrude marry Claudius?
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Post by maysamyounis on Feb 13, 2016 4:08:39 GMT
In my opinion, The queen Gertrude married Claudius Just because of family ownership, also, we in cluncool discuss hamlet mother, why she married to hamlet uncle, ms.body, explain us in family ownerships if someone body her husband died. after his, then woman or wife she should marry his husband brother after death. Just because of traditional way, and I do not think hamlet mother ( Gertrude Queen) have desire to married Claudius, I believed Gertrude get mat a lot and Hamlet.
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Post by Emily on Feb 13, 2016 10:18:10 GMT
I don't think Gertrude would have married Claudius due to stability for her nation. Whenever a marriage happens very quickly after a death of a husband or wife, there are usually a lot of questions asked about the intent of the person remarried. There might be questions about possible cheating of Gertrude even before the death of Hamlet's father and the remarriage. If she was really marrying for stability of her country, then I think it would have been better to wait a few more months, then start looking for suitors and courting them for a while rather than marrying right away. So I think Gertrude remarried because of her lust towards Claudius.
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Post by jonah21 on Feb 13, 2016 12:29:16 GMT
Gertrude may have married Claudius because she fell for his lust. Claudius may have wanted the throne, which is why he killed Hamlet's father. And what's a king without a Queen? Claudius may have lied straight up to Gertrude to get her to fall for him. Claudius isn't stupid to just tell Gertrude to marry him because he killed Hamlet's father. She would have just denied it right then. Instead, Claudius would have to somehow please Gertrude and make her fall for him.
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Post by toomuchchanmin on Feb 13, 2016 15:56:51 GMT
I really think it is just convenience for the plot. Like the main reason why Hamlet is all angry at the beginning is because her mother married his brother. It happened fore the sake of the story, and no reason. Yes I am criticizing one of the greatest works of literature in English in history. Gertrude doesn't have many lines (so far) so she is kind of bland, and all we know of her is through Hamlet's accusations, which may not be true. So Gertrude is not a character, but just a convenience for the plot.
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Post by juliaj on Feb 13, 2016 17:28:17 GMT
I think she married Claudius because of pressure and because of her duty to the country. She's the queen and because she was a woman on the throne who had to do what was best for her nation. It is also possible that Claudius might have manipulated her into marrying him.
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Post by sunnyp on Feb 13, 2016 17:59:43 GMT
I am not sure if Gertrude married with those smart reasons. So far, she wasn't portrayed as an intelligent and wise woman. Maybe she did. Maybe she married so she can protect the nation and she just wasn't portrayed as if she would because this is Hamelt's perspective and this story is sexist. I hope she married because she wanted to protect the nation and other wise reasons, that would make her a very likeable character. However, seeing from what I have read, I think she married because she didn't know what else to do.
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Post by mayurika98 on Feb 14, 2016 1:54:30 GMT
I wish we could have seen Gertrude in a better perspective instead of Hamlet's vague descriptions. We would think that Gertrude is a strong responsible figure that wanted to keep her country safe and under the protection of a King. Then again, maybe that is what SHE needed. I think Gertrude is a pretty weak woman who listens to the superior male in the room and even with Hamlet, she sort of cries out for respect. In my opinion Gertrude married Claudius because she needed the stability of another man like King Hamlet in her life, and the closest man she could find was Claudius.
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Post by Tharu on Feb 14, 2016 2:07:49 GMT
I think the reason that Gertrude married Claudius is to keep the stability of the country. Hamlet is not matured enough to take over throne and he was still grieving even after two months of his dad's death. I think Gertrude did what is best for the country, and I don't think they had a sexual relationship with each other.
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Post by timmy on Feb 14, 2016 3:26:15 GMT
Perhaps for the wealth and the glory that the role of a queen brings. Or it may have been that she was also involved in the murder of Hamlet's father.
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Post by sangjoon on Feb 14, 2016 4:58:05 GMT
In my personal opinion, gertrude did not marry claudius woth real love. I think there are more ambitious things going on in gertrude's mind such as family ownership or other benefit from the marriage. This phenomenon has a connection with today's society I think. Because some people in these days also have marriage foe their own benefit although there's no real love.
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Post by lucia on Feb 14, 2016 7:02:29 GMT
The reasons why Gertrude married Claudius are unclear and we can never fully know about her. We keep questioning her morality throughout the story because her thoughts and beliefs are never explicitly stated. However, she does avoid confrontation with Hamlet whenever he accuses her of lustfulness.
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Post by andrewcho77 on Feb 14, 2016 7:16:28 GMT
I believe that Gertrude married Claudius is because she fell in for lust. Hamlet can overtake the power of the king if she didn't married Claudius. There was maybe cheating going on that time because in that time period it was really famous to cheat. Gertrude might have planned the whole death scene. who knows? Maybe Gertrude just married Hamlet's uncle just because she loves Claudius more than Hamlet's father.
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Post by jin794 on Feb 14, 2016 7:56:02 GMT
I want to view Gertrude's marriage case as two perspective: stabilizing the nation or lust. It is possibile for Gertrude to marry Claudius to take responsibility to protect and stabilize the nation as a queen because without a king, the nation will go through political chaos. However, it seems that Gertrude marriage was not for her responsibility because when Hamlet revealed to Gertrude that Hamlet is acting mad due to Claudius, Gertrude soon told Claudius about this fact. It seems that Gertrude does not trust her own son. It is quite vague about Gertrude's perspective.
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Post by ETypeRegymon on Feb 14, 2016 12:49:18 GMT
Gertrude likely distrusts Hamlet because Hamlet's acting insane (and not even Claudius or Polonius see through his act). I think Gertrude married Claudius because it was the quickest way to stabilize the nation. If she stalled, there's a chance that a rebellion would grow and cause panic all over Denmark, and that's not a good thing to happen when relations with another country turn bad. Marrying Claudius would solve the problem with less damage caused to the kingdom.
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