Gertrude

If I were to get the role of Gertrude I would represent her as a power hungry, selfish and questionable person will little or no morals. I will explain how I would represent her like this, assuming I do get the roll of course, through her nature, motivations and her interactions with the other actors; also I will further explain how the audience will be invited to respond to Gertrude, by stage props, lighting and sounds. I will show how my representation will be activated by her costuming, physical movements, manner and also her tone.

Gertrude’s nature will be manipulative, cunning and self-centered. She would appear to give sly smiles and would look at the roof or at the ground rather then directly at the person, when talking to someone, so the audience will think she is hiding things and not telling the full truth. She would be motivated by the power which she got from helping kill Hamlet Snr, and marrying Claudius, which she only did for the power.