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Question:i need sources for information on why gertrudes marriage to claudius was unjust, or unright (is that a word?) or just anything on it in general? Any good websites


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i need sources for information on why gertrudes marriage to claudius was unjust, or unright (is that a word?) or just anything on it in general? Any good websites

I have no websites to give you, but I played the role of Hamlet in a 2004 production, and consider myself to be as good a source as any. Gertrude's marriage to Claudius is not unjust-that is to say it does break any laws or rules.

The negative aspect is that she remarried less than 2 months after her former husband died, and remarried with his brother(who we later find out was the murderer). The idea is that it is in very poor taste on her part.

As for a "source"...

With Shakespeare, the source is always the text. He really gives you everything you need. I'm not helping you cheat in school or anything here, am I? : ) If you need a "source" for an assignment or something, then I think you have a teacher who is on the wrong track. ALL "sources" use the text of the scripts, and form viewpoints based upon that. There is no reason why you or anyone else could not do the same...unless the teacher assumes that you are not as smart as the "experts"(who frequently disagree, so how "expert" are they really?).