<P> "No, no, the drink,--O my dear Hamlet--The drink, the drink! I am poison'd ." </P> <P> Other characters' views of the Queen are largely negative . When the Ghost of her former husband appears to Hamlet, he describes her as a "seeming virtuous queen", but orders Hamlet not to confront her about it and leave her judgement to heaven . However, he also expresses that his love for her was benevolent as he states that he would have held back the elements if they "visited her face too roughly". </P> <P> Hamlet sees her as an example of the weakness of women (which affects his relationship with Ophelia) and constantly hurt in his reflections of how quickly (less than a month) she remarried . </P> <P> There have been numerous attempts to account for Gertrude's state of mind during the play . It could be argued that as she does not confess to any sins before she dies, she did not participate in her husband's murder . However, other considerations do point to Gertrude's complicity . After repeated erratic threats towards his mother to no response, Hamlet threatens to discover the true nature of Gertrude's character by setting up a mirror, at which point she projects a killer: </P>

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