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Gertrude and Claudius is a novel by John Updike. It uses the known sources of William Shakespeare's Hamlet to tell a story that draws on a rather straightforward revenge tale in medieval Denmark, as depicted by Saxo Grammaticus in his twelfth-century Historiae Danicae.
- John Updike
- 212 pp (hardcover edition)
- 2000
- February 8, 2000
When Claudius and Gertrude marry after her husband's death, they do so quickly. It is only a couple months after Gertrude's husband—Hamlet's father and the king—died.
Does she intentionally betray Hamlet to Claudius, or does she believe that she is protecting her son’s secret? These questions can be answered in numerous ways, depending upon one’s reading of the play.
Dive deep into John Updike's Gertrude and Claudius with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
Gertrude is the queen who marries her late husband’s younger brother much too soon to satisfy the questioning spirit of her only child, the well-educated, skeptical, cynical,...
24 de dic. de 2020 · Set before the action begins in Shakespeare's Hamlet, this speculative novel follows the lives of Gertrude and Claudius, King and Queen of Denmark, as they wend their way towards adultery and treachery to ascend the throne.
1 de ene. de 2001 · A literary treat not to be missed, Updike's Gertrude and Claudius begins the Hamlet story when his mother, at age 16, is forced by her father the king, to marry a neighboring noble -- a brutal, but effective warrior and leader. It's a political marriage, that makes the groom the heir apparent.
