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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.

Gertrude: O! speak to me no more;
These words like daggers enter in mine ears;
No more, sweet Hamlet!

Hamlet: A murderer, and a villain;
A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe
Of your precedent lord; a vice of kings;
A cut-purse of the empire and the rule,
That from a shelf the precious diadem stole,
And put it in his pocket!

Gertrude: No more!

Which statement is a feminist analysis of these lines?

Shakespeare uses a motif of ears and hearing to emphasize the importance of communication.
Jewels were an important symbol of power in Shakespeare’s time and would be significant to his audience.
Although she is queen, Gertrude is caught between her powerful husband and bitter son.
The text of these lines includes many royal titles that reinforce a theme of power.

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"Although she is queen, Gertrude is caught between her powerful husband and bitter son."

This interprets Gertrude’s limited agency and the gendered power dynamics in the scene, which is characteristic of a feminist analysis.