I mentioned in class that I personally do not feel that there was an improper relationship between Gertrude and Claudius prior to the death of King Hamlet. I know that other teachers share varying opinions. What are your thoughts on this topic? What examples can you give from the text to back up your opinion? Do you think it is relevant to the plot either way? Do you think Shakespeare really cared what we made of that relationship?
Posted by A. Davis at 9:52 AM
I want to use this blog as a multi-purpose blog for my English IV AP class. I will be posting the weekly schedule on here, as well as any assignments. My favorite part is probably to showcase wonderful writing and projects! I also will probably post some school/class news at times. Finally, and the most important part to you twenty-eight over-achievers, is that I will be putting a few postings per unit and the students are required to post a comment (a THOUGHTFUL comment) every unit. These comments should take the form of an online discussion, where you read all of the comments before yours and then make a contribution. Each unit will have a blogging grade attached to it. I am looking forward to the semester both in the classroom as well as online! :)
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Ohhh I don't know. A lot of signs point to yes... but I want to believe that they're better than that.
I don't think it's relevant to the plot. There are still other reasons why Claudius would have wanted to kill the King, not just to take his wife. I also don't really think it was written one way or another. I think Shakespeare wrote it so that there would be something left up to the imagination of the viewers/readers.
I say yes. I could be reading WAY too much into things, but it seems like Shakespeare throws little tidbits into the play every so often that really support that theory. Maybe he didn't intend for you to be absolutely fixed on their relationship, but I think he meant for it to be present. Possibly he created it to support Hamlet's "madness".....having a situation like that might just cause someone to go crazy! It definitely isn't the main deal in the play, but I really do believe that they had a pre-existing relationship...or I guess you could say affair....which led to the murder of Hamlet's father which led to alllll of this!
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