In William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, we see the conflicts between the entitled Danish prince and his uncle Cornelius; who killed the previous king (his brother) and married Hamlet's mother in order to take control of the throne of Denmark. After discovering his uncle's crimes, the rest of the play focuses on Hamlet's revenge plot against Cornelius. Throughout all of this, the loyalty of Gertrude (Hamlet's mother and the Queen) is called into question. The audience never knows whether Gertrude is faithful to him, a certain Hamlet, or her husband Cornelius. However, in her character analysis, Gertrude repeatedly demonstrated that her loyalty lies first with her second husband due to his naivety, although, as the nefarious act was revealed in the play, loyalty of Gertrude moves towards her son. She has been wrongly seen as a villain, and due to her naivety, she is exploited throughout the play. The first question raised about Gertrude's actions is: why did she marry her brother-in-law so hastily? Some believe she may have had an affair with Claudius before the death of the late King Hamlet. However, it can be seen that Gertrude, oblivious to the fact that Claudius murdered her late husband, decided to marry him so as not to lose her position of power in the royal family. How do we see that she did not conspire against her late husband? We see that Gertrude is innocent of this crime when the ghost of the late King Hamlet confronts his son and reveals the culprit of his own murder. The ghost king says to Prince Hamlet this about his uncle Claudius: This incestuous and adulterated beast, With his spirit of witchcraft, with his treacherous gifts - O wicked spirit and gifts, which have the power Thus to seduce! — won...... middle of paper ...... leave. It is here that we see that Gertrude has changed her loyalty to her son and is no longer naive to her husband's plot. We can say that Gertrude assumed that Hamlet was crazy and that his accusations were simply absurd, but Gertrude's death shows us that she is no longer faithful to her husband. When Claudius plots to have Hamlet murdered, he drinks a glass of poisoned wine and tries to make him drink it. Before Hamlet can do so, Gertrude enters and tries to drink the wine, when Claudius discourages him, she simply replies, "I will, my lord." Please forgive me. »(5.2.287) and drinks. This deliberate defiance of her husband shows that she is not loyal to him and is willing to die to protect her son. Gertrude quickly perished after consuming the wine, dying in the hope that her son would take his rightful throne. Gertrude, mother of the Danish prince Hamlet, is