Gertrude’s significance in the play is central. She creates the situation that Hamlet struggles with throughout the play and the tragedy the play ends with. She does this by falling in love with Claudius and collaborating with him to kill King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet’s father. She did Claudius a favor by marrying him because he wanted to be

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