Well, this freaked me out. It's weird reading something to do with Hamlet that isn't in Shakespeare's English, but I did think it was good though. It shed new light on Gertrude and I feel that it gave the character of Gertrude a chance to be explored in a different way, rather than just the girly 'oooooo Hamlet stop saying bad words!!' sort of character that it seems like she is portrayed as in Hamlet.
I don't agree with the 'It was me' part at the end, but I think that it makes it a good monologue, like it adds drama and it just seems right for the play, like I sort of want it to be true. I think that it could be true for this version of Gertrude, but I think the actual Gertrude would never be able to do that. I LOVE the part where she is talking about Ophelia, 'Borderline. Any little shock could push her right over the edge.', it shows that she does actually notice what's going on. I sort of feel like if she could notice Ophelia, why didn't she notice that Hamlet's hatred for Claudius was more than 'You married my mother but you're my uncle' sort of thing.
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