File Document Assignment (Act 1 Question 3) Letter as Queen Gertrude’s Lady-in-Waiting
Robert Beamish Mr. Gale English 3U0
Dearest Confident,
I pray thee, keep thy lips sealed to what thou eye now glance upon, and imprison thy whore of a mouth, not to let any other ears hear upon what you shall read. I would thou were there in the midst of the Queen, thou wouldst have gone mad with confusion! How she did attempt to deracinate young Hamlet’s mourning for old Denmark. To down-play the prolonged obsequious sorrow due to such a noble King, it doth harkens questionable thinking. How she harkened to young Hamlet it would question all her royalty for she spoke not smooth and courteous, but rude and spiteful as a peasant would.
Now to look upon a matter that would bring the gallows upon our head if it t'were to be heard of. The hasted marriage of Queen Gertrude oft arouses questions among the other ladies. To question whether her love for Old Hamlet’s was false, or if her current state of love is but a facade to hold fast the moral of the people. In such times of war a countries’ moral shan’t be faltering. A widowed Lady-Denmark would make frowns upon the people; almost it was her obligation to wed Claudius. But why she doth show such frightening clouds around young Hamlet doth raise queer inquires. How she doth question Hamlet’s trapping of sorrow, and criticize his nighted aura that he did conduct. I am one to be a truster in the assumption that thy Queen had no true love for Old King Hamlet, that her true ties were only held with Claudius. For no bruits of her cries or mourning were heard much after and seemed it be a full recovery was taken. Almost as if it was the physician of mourning that had visited her not soon after her husband's death to remedy her disposition. I know not where good King Hamlet now rests, but certainly not in Hades, but perhaps there be an innuendo unseen that fates Claudius to a fate not like king Hamlets. Soon and late I have oft seen in the eyes of Denmark in a wondering curiosity. To catch Denmark’s wandering glances upon my bosom doth put strange ideas which question his true ties to Gertrude. Now for obvious reasons in this secret counsel I shall not reveal either of our names to protect the security of our necks. Fairest biddings to you in this time of war, keep my regards warm with your spirit.
In Nighted Times,
Your Trusted Confidant