In Act III scene
iv, Hamlet and Gertrude begin their conversation with a banter that goes back
and forth. Hamlet will repeat what Gertrude says but change her lines a little
in order to how he sees fit. After Hamlet kills Polonius, Hamlet has longer
lines, but is more straight forward in what he wants to say to her. Their
exchange in this scene is really the first time they have had the time to speak
to each other without anyone watching, and Hamlet is definitely taking
advantage of that fact by being blunt about how he views the Queen. Gertrude
exclaims “O Hamlet, speak no more! Thou turn’st my eyes into my (very) soul,
And there I see such black and (grained) spots As will (not) leave their tinct”
(III. iv. 99-102). Hamlet prior to these lines went on in great length at what
she had done to his father. Gertrude seems to realize the brevity of the
situation and how mad Hamlet is. She for once seems to agree with Hamlet, yet
she does not want to talk more about the situation, because she believes that
no matter what she God will never forgive her. Hamlet does continue on though,
and she continues to beg Hamlet to stop. The Ghost then comes in, and makes
Hamlet look crazy, and Gertrude shifts her attention to her son, and her
concern over his sanity.
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