Read the excerpt from Act V of Hamlet. Gertrude: Sweets to the sweet: farewell! [Scattering flowers.] I hop'd thou shouldst have
been my Hamlet's wife; I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid, And not have strew'd thy grave. Shakespeare included this plot event to help show that Gertrude has changed from bitter to resigned. depressed to indifferent. happy to remorseful. weary to energized.
In my opinion, the correct answer is C. <span>happy to remorseful. Gertrude has evolved and changed significantly since Hamlet's violent confrontation with her. She probably feels remorse because of her own role in the course of events that led to Hamlet's psychological instability and Ophelia's death. </span>
