Queen Gertrude

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In the rotten state of Denmark, there is only one notion everyone can be sure of: trust no one. There is not a single character that does not become tragically affected by the actions of another person. Everyone has their own traumatic affairs, but when looked upon as a whole, Queen Gertrude has more personal tragedies than anyone else.
To begin with, her first husband was killed without her knowing what happened to him. Then she soon marries his brother whom she later finds out is the person that killed King Hamlet. Her son resents her hasty actions and lets it be known to her. Surely she is feeling distraught anyway over her husband’s death and then to have Hamlet pound in the fact that she was quick to remarry only worsens the matter. The torn feelings between her son and her new husband obviously bother her. However, she is trying to be a good wife, a good mother, and a noble queen all at the same time. She also has to deal with the deaths of Polonius and Ophelia, two people she was close to.
At the end, she realizes she has been betrayed by her new husband and sees what everyone has been up to before she ultimately dies. What a terrible thought to have immediately before one takes their last breath! Almost everyone she thought she could depend on ended up hurting her in some way or another, but before her death she was able to realize that Hamlet was not crazy, his intentions were legit, and her husband was the one to blame. Yes, about the only good thing that happened to her at the end was coming to realize that her son had done what he did out of good reason....