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Read the excerpts from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Excerpts from Hamlet Act I, Scene ii and Act I V, scene v
Which statement best describes Gertrude’s development between Act I and Act IV?
She becomes less tolerant of young people’s behavior.
She becomes more romantic about her husband.
She becomes less confident in her assertions.
She becomes more interested in politics.
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She becomes less confident in her assertions.
In Act I (ii) Gertrude speaks firmly and gives Hamlet clear directives—e.g., “Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off” and urges him to accept Claudius—whereas by Act IV (v) she is distraught, tentative, and reporting events (Ophelia’s madness) rather than asserting or directing, showing a loss of the assured authority she displayed earlier.
In Act I (ii) Gertrude speaks firmly and gives Hamlet clear directives—e.g., “Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off” and urges him to accept Claudius—whereas by Act IV (v) she is distraught, tentative, and reporting events (Ophelia’s madness) rather than asserting or directing, showing a loss of the assured authority she displayed earlier.
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