Gertrude

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Shakespearean character fictional character queen

Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Hamlet," whose marriage and loyalties are central to the play’s conflict.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Gertrude canonical 4
Queen Gertrude 3
Gertrude in "Hamlet" 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
queen ⓘ
appearsIn Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent murder of King Hamlet (indirectly) ⓘ
centralThemeRelation guilt ⓘ
incestuous marriage ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause poisoned wine ⓘ
diesIn Hamlet, Act V NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance Hamlet, Act I NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
interpretation sometimes portrayed as complicit in King Hamlet’s death ⓘ
sometimes portrayed as ignorant of King Hamlet’s murder ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
moralAmbiguity often debated by critics ⓘ
motherOf Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLine “The lady doth protest too much, methinks” (often attributed to her in performance, though spoken by another character) ⓘ
notableScene closet scene with Hamlet (Act III, Scene IV) ⓘ
portrayedInMedium film adaptations of Hamlet ⓘ
stage productions worldwide ⓘ
television adaptations of Hamlet ⓘ
positionHeld Queen of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
relationshipToClaudius wife ⓘ
relationshipToHamlet mother ⓘ
relationshipToKingHamlet widow ⓘ
relative Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork Hamlet’s mother ⓘ
Queen consort of Denmark ⓘ
spouse Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ
stageDirection drinks poisoned cup prepared for Hamlet ⓘ
title Queen Gertrude NERFINISHED ⓘ
workAuthor William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
workGenre tragedy ⓘ
workTitle The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Ghost → relatedTo → Gertrude ⓘ
The Ghost → forbidsHamletToHarm → Gertrude ⓘ
The Ghost → notVisibleTo → Gertrude ⓘ
Gertrude → hasNotableFictionalBearer → Gertrude ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Gertrude in Shakespeare's Hamlet
Ophelia → describedByCharacter → Gertrude ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Gertrude
Hamlet (1996 film) score → associatedWithCharacter → Gertrude ⓘ
Fay Compton → notableRole → Gertrude ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gertrude in Hamlet
Sybil Thorndike → notableRole → Gertrude ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gertrude in "Hamlet"
Elsinore Castle → inhabitedByFictionalCharacter → Gertrude ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Gertrude
The Mousetrap play-within-a-play → audienceCharacter → Gertrude ⓘ
subject surface form: The Mousetrap (play-within-a-play)
this entity surface form: Queen Gertrude
Eileen Herlie → notableRole → Gertrude ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Gertrude in Hamlet (1948 film)
Eileen Herlie → notableRole → Gertrude ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Gertrude in Hamlet (1964 film adaptation)