Why does gertrude drink from the cup

If there actually is poison, it confirms the treachery and I don't want to live. Kouichi Yoshii. So the numbered 1 is the answer for my question, I think. By the way, I am a native Japanese. Writing my thoughts in English is so hard for me. Anyway, back to the original story…. My biggest concern is here. How and where does the answer by Gertrud appear? But, in the Scene 11 Hamlet refuses to be blessed by his mother Gertrud.

And say … "once more good night, And when you are desirous to be blest, Ile blessing beg of you," Q2 That means he declares that he will stop or hold the Mother and son relationship between Gertrud and himself, until she truly repents her sin. I think this is the biggest problem for her. Gertrud begins to repent her sin. It is prolonged to the last scene.

However, unfortunately, the cup is poisoned. Responses below Both work, but choose the one that works best for you. No problem. I'm not sure I understand this question.

What "answer"? Are you trying to draw a connection between this passage and Gertrude drinking the poison? If so, I don't see the connection.

What sin is she repenting here? Well, let me ask you this Maybe you can explain what you are trying to accomplish and I can see if I or someone else can help.

Sorry for my long absence. Yes, both work, in a sense. However, from the perspective of this whole drama, question remains. No one in this drama knows her thoughts at all, except for the audience and, of course, the author. Of course, again, in a sense. To be continued, someday. I have to echo Ron in relationship to interpreting the last scene and whether this is suicide or accidental murder of Gertrude.

From an interpretation point of view both work. If you chose to perform with the 'suicide' interpretation, then I believe you would need to review character development in preceeding scenes for either of two aspects - that Gertrud's ongoing guilt drives her to seek an end via death OR that she quickly relises, from that one statement of 'do not drink' from Claudius that the fight is rigged and Hamlet will die, and so takes his poison instead, as a sacrifice to keep him alive.

I think that the most difficult thing about Gertrude is that we want to like her, and we attempt to find reasons to like her. Maybe this is because it is so difficult to comprehend a wife and mother to so easily drop her first husbands death and her loyalty to her son.

Regardless, I completely agree that this play can be read several different ways, not at this point alone, but throughout the entire play. The version that each reader chooses will differ greatly from the next, yet this is what seems to make Shakespeare so wonderful. Although she did not know that the wine was poisoned she was still willing enough to drink from the cup, to honor her sons victory in the sword fight.

Throughout the play it was hard for me to tell whether or not I liked the character of Gertrude. I found it astonishing that she could turn against her own son and marry her husbands brother right after he had dies, not knowing that it was the brother who had killed him in the first place. Gertrude is a unique character in the way that she was portrayed throughout the play, but i do believe that she got the ending she rightfully deserved.

Another fantastic post! This was my second time reading Hamlet, and I must say, I certainly drew new interpretations of the numerous deaths that are sprinkled through the great tragedy.

I may even go as far to say that Gertrude died a respectful and very much calculated death. She took the poison that very likely slew her beloved husband, she disobeyed Claudius, she declared the cause of her death, and she finally embraced her tole as mother.

Gertrude died an honest death — I personally feel her end was the only thing that could possibly have brought resolve to the conscience of her son. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The views and opinions expressed by the authors and other contributors to this blog are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of SUNY New Paltz or any employee thereof.