Question

Read the excerpt from Hamlet.

Gertrude: O Hamlet! speak no more;
Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul;
And there I see such black and grained spots
As will not leave their tinct.

Hamlet: Nay, but to live
In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed,
Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making love
Over the nasty sty,—

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

The excerpt supports the conclusion that Gertrude

ignores what Hamlet says because she thinks he’s crazy.
can’t bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right.
has difficulty understanding Hamlet because he’s yelling so loud.
doesn’t really pay attention to Hamlet because he’s ranting.

Answer 1

can't bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right.

Gertrude says Hamlet “turn’st mine eyes into my very soul” and sees “black and grained spots,” and calls his words “like daggers” — she’s pained by the truth he speaks, not dismissing him as mad.