Hamlet & Mommie

Hamlet and his mother Gertrude have a very complex and unconventional relationship. Hamlet constantly belittles his mother emotionally but skillfully as well. This constant degrade on his mother and full raged anger sheds light on some interesting theories: the oedipal complex. Some could argue that Hamlet is very enraged with his mother because deep down he actaully has hidden sexual feelings for his mother- ones that he so very wants to pursue but society and the human condition have prohibited. Another is that Hamlet is upset for his mothers betrayal of Hamlets biological father- the betrayal would lie in Gertrude getting married so quickly after her husband died. And finally another theory could be that Hamlet seeks attention from his mother but does not find it since Claudius takes Gertrude away from him. On page 785 we see there complex relationship revealed: "You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife; /And- would if were not so! - you are my mother." Here, we see that Hamlet is certainly degrading his mother skillfully by attacking the fact that she remarried in such circumstances!