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Monologue Of Gertrude's Suicide

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Gertrude came to me three months ago in the need of talking about her family matters. She would often speak of her loyal husband Hamlet in how they would play cricket throughout their home. Correspondingly she talked about her near and dear son Hamlet. They would spend time watching plays with one another. Also she spoke of Claudius who was King Hamlet’s brother in how they would chat of nonsense to one another. Which seemed liked normal family activities between them considering their social status. In how I do not take that in to account, with my patients since I deal with them all in the same way. Then today I was informed of the death of my patient by the trusted Horatio.
In the light of the news, I shall document all of the conversations that was taken between her and I. As well as write out all of the symptoms and signs that lead to Gertrude’s post-traumatic stress disorder. Our first session consisted of how Gertrude’s husband has been super stressed out in how he had just killed King Fortinbras. So it meant conflict was about to arise within the two kingdoms. Causing tension within their relationship even though they rarely had issues between …show more content…

As she spoke of how Hamlet killed Polonius, which was quite alarming. It grew enough to where Hamlet was forcing his mother to look upon two photos as he spoke “This was your husband. Look you now what follows. Here is your husband, like a mildewed ear. Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes?” (III.iv.64-66). Gertrude’s response shown a dislike of confrontation, “O, speak to me no more! These words like daggers enter in my ears” (III.iv.97-99). As a fact of showing a symptom of PTSD in how she does not like confrontation. Notably, the American Psychiatric Association talks about how “They may resist talking about what happened or how they feel about it.” (Parekh 1). While this was the final session her and I had before her death

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