Hamlet

Hamlet In the closet scene (act III scene IV), Shakespeare is suggesting that Gertrude has been in an adulterous relationship with Claudius while still married to King Hamlet, and could have been involved in the plot to have him killed. In the closet scene, Shakespeare has Hamlet “turn his mother’s eyes upon her soul” (act III scene IV). To this, Gertrude experiences quite a bit of distress. In this scene, Hamlet is trying to get her to confirm her knowledge of his father’s murder, provide more proof of Claudius’ guilt, and to see how deeply she was included into the plot to have the king killed. During this scene, Gertrude goes through many feelings. When Hamlet first comes into her closet, she is haughty and accusing. When Hamlet threatens her, she suddenly fears for her life, is horrified when he kills Polonius, and then is panicked as Hamlet demands her not to let Claudius tempt her back into his bed. At the end of the scene, she has Hamlet believing that she is on his side, and will not tell Claudius of what they have spoken about, though we know that as soon as Hamlet leaves she runs to tell Claudius everything hamlet, scene, claudius, closet, been, men, king, gertrude, upon, tell, shakespeare, quickly, plot, man, life, hamlet’s, turn, trying, though, suggesting, soon, side, relationship, probably, leaves, leads, killed, iv, involved, iii, hard, gertrude’s, everything, died, deeply, because