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Jan 1, 2001 · John Updike. This novel tells the story of Claudius and Gertrude, King and Queen of Denmark, before the action of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" begins. Employing the nomenclature and certain details of the ancient Scandinavian legends that first describe the prince who feigns madness to achieve revenge upon his father's slayer, Updike brings to life ...
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The relationship between Claudius and Gertrude is destructive in two ways. First, they destroy the potential in their own relationship; second, they destroy other people literally. A quick ...
The Gertrude who does emerge clearly in Hamlet is a woman defined by her desire for station and affection, as well as by her tendency to use men to fulfill her instinct for self-preservation—which, of course, makes her extremely dependent upon the men in her life. Hamlet’s most famous comment about Gertrude is his furious condemnation of ...
Summary. PDF Cite. Avid readers of John Updike’s fiction will not be surprised to find that Gertrude and Claudius is the story of a love triangle. A young woman of significant social stature ...
Gertrude marries her brother-in-law, Claudius, very shortly after the death of her husband—an action perceived as cruel, obscene, lustful, and opportunistic by her son, Hamlet. In reality, this choice is one of the few options available to a woman of Gertrude’s time: a woman whose political safety and social standing is entirely dependent on her connection to and protection from a powerful ...
Feb 14, 2000 · GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS. One of Updike’s more intriguing experiments – but not one of his successes. (Book-of-the-Month main selection) A risky and ultimately unsatisfying departure from what we’ve come to think of as Updike’s distinctive territory: suburbia and its discontents. Here, he retells the story of Hamlet’s mother, the ...
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Jul 3, 2001 · Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and family dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, erratic, disaffected prince. “I hoped to keep the texture light,” Updike said of this novel, “to move from the mists of Scandinavian legend into the daylight atmosphere of the Globe.
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