ontrives a way to kill Hamlet while he is in torpor in his own garden. Claudius would then clandestinely pour poison in the King's ear, killing him instantly. Claudius now aggrandizing his greatness rises to power as the new king. The people of Denmark oblivious to the treason of the estate now blindly follow the new king, Claudius. However one night in Denmark, the ghost of Hamlet appears to talk to his son, prince Hamlet to warn him of the treason that is at hand. However, in the ghost's description of his murder was there no mention that the Queen had any part of it. The ghost had only instructed that Hamlet avenges his father's murder by killing Claudius, and he leaves Gertrude to heaven. Now furious and aware of what he is dealing with, Hamlet is determined to get revenge for his father. Queen Gertrude does not claim to be unaware of the murder she is just assumed to be unaware to the murder. The reader/viewer's first inclination the she is not a part of the plot is when the ghost appears at night and speaks to Hamlet. The apparition discusses with Hamlet the distress he is in and how his own brother murdered him. "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murderbut howsomever thou pursues this act, taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against they mother aught. Leave her to heaven" (I.v.84-85). But in this quote does the ghost not talk about revenge on the wife, Gertrude. In addition, when recalling the fact that Gertrude remarried after two months of her husband's death, she is thought to be an accomplice. However, even Hamlet himself says "as if an increase of appetite had grown frailty, thy name is woman" (I.ii.145-146). In this soliloquy, Hamlet is referring to his mother's sex life. As if her appetite for sex had grown and that women need men to survive. Moreover, this is the reason that Gertrude remarried so quickly, not that she plotted against her husband so she could marry another. Another point is ...
