Frailty, Thy Name is Woman. The depictions of Gertrude and her femininity in Franco Zeffirelli and Gregory Doran's adaptations of "Hamlet"
Laura Kraus
Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,0, , course: Hamlet - Text and Film, language: English, abstract: The directors reinterpret the character of Gertrude to fit a more contemporary understanding of womanhood whilst considering the play’s misogyny: Zeffirelli's Gertrude represents a glorified woman, objectified by the male gaze and Doran's Gertrude an autonomous woman, who is prone to being manipulated.
