(Hamlet) Gertrude
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- Created on: 26-05-19 16:30
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- Gertrude
- As a sinner
- 'unweeded garden'
- Alludes to the Garden of Eden (corruption of paradise)
- Hyppolyte Taine: 'the story of moral poisoning'
- Claudius described as a 'serpent' (damned mankind)
- 'incestuous sheets'
- Sinister sibilance creates a perverse effect
- Also suggests a secretive affair-like relationship (underlying corruption)
- Leviticus (rules on incest could determine who was able to inherit property or even become king)
- Sinister sibilance creates a perverse effect
- Women are associated with weeds (Eve at the apple/ temptation)
- Alludes to the Garden of Eden (corruption of paradise)
- 'blurs the grace and blush of modesty'
- 'unweeded garden'
- As ignorant
- 'frailty thy name is woman'
- 'a breeder of sinners'
- She inadvertently contributes to the corruption of society
- Hamlet believes all women have the potential for sin
- Biological Determinism
- In a revenge tragedy, woman begin strong and end weak
- 'a breeder of sinners'
- 'weedy trophies...mermaid-like'
- Women are associated with weeds (Eve at the apple/ temptation)
- Oxymoron (suicide is glorified as an upperclassman lady)
- Suicide was seen as a sin (life was not your own, but belonged to God)
- 'wear your rue with a difference'
- Another word for regret (incestuous relationship)
- Flowers often symbolise female sexuality OR innocence
- Hamlet blames women for the corruption of society
- Bloom: 'a woman of exuberant sexuality, who inspires uxurious passion'
- Mermaids seen as sinister creatures who lured sailors to their deaths
- 'Have you eyes?'
- Theme of body parts (windows to the soul)
- 'Thou turn'st my eyes into my very soul'/'black and grained spots'
- Red dye which cannot be washed out (partly responsible for bloodshed)
- Spread of corruption
- Wealthy imagery (scarlet dye)
- 'nasty sty'
- Eye illness (corrupted vision)
- Red dye which cannot be washed out (partly responsible for bloodshed)
- 'Thou turn'st my eyes into my very soul'/'black and grained spots'
- Theme of body parts (windows to the soul)
- 'frailty thy name is woman'
- As a sinner
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