Answer: In this excerpt, Hamlet chracterizes his mother as b) fickle.
Explanation: In Shakespeare's <em>Hamlet</em>, Gertrude is Prince Hamlet's mother and the Queen of Denmark. After King Hamlet dies, Gertrude decides to marry his brother, Claudius. Therefore,<u> in this excerpt from the play, Hamlet criticizes his mother for marrying Claudius so hastily after his father's death and he even describes her as a "weak" woman for doing it</u>. Hamlet questions Gertrude's commitment to his father and, in that sense, <u>he characterizes her as fickle, that is to say as a person who changes her feelings too suddenly</u>, which makes her unable to be loyal.
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