Gertrude is weak and naive. He finds it strange that she no longer appears to be mourning his father, especially seeing as though she married her husband's brother just two months after his death. Hamlet continues to say not even an animal or beast, who has no reasoning skills, would have relinquished their mourning so abruptly. This just goes to show how rash Hamlet acts in certain situations, including dismissing his mother’s feelings without thinking about it more rationally or from her perspective
When Athena summons the jury to vote on whether or not Orestes is guilty of his matricide, Athena confirms her masculine childbirth and her devoted support to the men in marriage: “There is no mother anywhere who gave me birth, and, but for marriage, I am always for the male with all my heart, and strongly on my father’s side” (Aeschylus 151). Hence the matricide in vengeance of a