... his own "lust" for his mother. In fact critic Raman Selden (Hamlet's word play and the Oedipus complex, 1988) states that, "His passionate and even violent behaviour towards her in the Closet scene has all the marks of sexual jealousy. As Jaqueline Rose puts it, "the violence towards the mother is the effect of the desire for her." Zeffirelli conveys this physical violence towards Gertrude so vigorously, by ... this version, is indeed painted as a weak and sexual woman, which is highlighted at the climax to this scene when she kisses Hamlet, not necessarily out of lust but more likely t...

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