Read the excerpt from hamlet, act l, scene ii.
which is the best description of how gertrude is
characterized in this passage?
gertrude: good hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off,
and let thine eye look like a friend on denmark.
do not for ever with thy vailed lids
seek for thy noble father in the dust:
thou know'st'tis common: all that live must die
passing through nature to eternity
gertrude is oblivious to her son's grief and focuses on
her own happiness
gertrude is sympathetic of her son's obvious distress
and tries to comfort him.
gertrude is critical of her son's continued mourning and
urges him to move on.
gertrude is saddened by her son's unhappiness and
tries to distract him.
hamlet: ay, madam, it is common.
gertrude: if it be
why seems it so particular with thee?