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Gertrude, A3S4: "O Hamlet, speak no more: thou turn'st
mine eyes into my very soul; and there I see... - Answer-
...such black and grained spots as will not leave their
tinct."
analysis for: Gertrude, A3S4: "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." -
Answer-Gertrude is forced to confront the realities of her
situation
"Speak" demonstrates the transformative and fluid effects
of words, whilst the imperative connotes Gertrude's
desperation, as Hamlet dominates one of the most violent
scenes in the play
Gertrude expresses despair at the her recognition of her
soul, as Hamlet fulfills his role as the moral scourge
"Black" highlights the intensity of the corruption of the soul
she sees when she reflects, whilst the "grained spots" are
a stain that show something has been spoilt
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The inward turning of her eyes is a visually disturbing
image
There has been a degradation from the grey area of an
"o'erhasty marriage" to a "black spot"
Gertrude, A3S4: "O, speak to me no more; these... -
Answer-...words, like daggers, enter in mine ears; no
more, sweet Hamlet!"
analysis for: Gertrude, A3S4: "O, speak to me no more;
these words, like daggers, enter in mine ears; no more,
sweet Hamlet!" - Answer-Gertrude's suffering appear's
genuine - "sweet Hamlet" retains a sense of maternal care
The "daggers" are vicious and suggest that her body has
been violated, A3S4 is one of the most violent scenes in
the play, and shows the aggression that many women
were faced with for control over their sexuality
Hamlet, A3S4: "O shame! where is thy blush? Rebellious
hell, if thou canst... - Answer-...mutine in a matron's bones,
to flaming youth let virtue be as wax, and melt in her own
fire:"
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analysis for: Hamlet, A3S4: "O shame! where is thy blush?
Rebellious hell, if thou canst mutine in a matron's bones,
to flaming youth let virtue be as wax, and melt in her own
fire:" - Answer-Hamlet's long speeches in this scene, and
his 'fluorescent' vocabulary express his disapproval of his
mother's sexual desires
"Mutine in a matron's bones" communicates the sense of
chaos that Hamlet views in his mother, "mutine" and
"rebellion" further suggest this disruption of order, and the
abnormality of Gertrude's sexuality
Religious images depict Hamlet as a moral scourge,
condemning his mother to hell for her actions (however,
for modern audiences especially there is an irony, as
Hamlet drives the object of his affections to madness)
Passion is depicted as violent and hellish, winning out
against the fragile "wax" of virtue - an indication of the
corruption that Gertrude has brought upon Elsinore as this
is "her own fire" (link to cuckoldry)
Hamlet, A1S2: "Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why,
she would hang on him, as if... - Answer-...increase of
appetite had grown by what it fed on: and yet, within a
month--let me not think on't--frailty, thy name is woman!--"