Gertrude's Bouquet

Hamlet's relationship with his mother is one that is very hostile. Hamlet has built up emotions of hatred for Gertrude for everything that she's done. If he were to send her a bouquet, each flower would be symbolic to his feelings towards her. The first flower in the bouquet would be Fennel - Fennel has a symbolic meaning of marital infidelity. After King Hamlet died, Gertrude married her brother-in-law-, Claudius, shortly after which showed her infidelity to her marriage to King Hamlet. In an outrage of how disrespectful he found the marriage, he would send the most blossomed Fennel he could find. The second flower added to the bouquet would be Columbines. Columbines are symbolic for faithlessness and ingratitude. This flower is perfect for Gertrude because of her faithlessness to her deceased husband, King Hamlet. After the murder of King Hamlet by his own brother, Claudius, Gertrude wasted no time jumping into the arms of Claudius and marrying him. IF she were truly faithful to her dead husband, she would not have remarried - especially not to his murderer. The third and final flower added to Gertrude's bouquet from Hamlet would be Daises. Daisies have a meaning of forsaken of unhappy love, which perfectly describes the love Gertrude has for her new husband, King Claudius. The marriage between Gertrude and Claudius was nothing more than forsaken by everyone who knew about it. No one understood the quick marriage and it was questionable since it was so close to King Hamlet's death. The Daises would resemble how much of a forsaken and unwelcomed love Gertrude and Claudius' was to everyone around them. Hamlet was very affectionate towards his mother, even though his feelings were filled with hatred most of the time - she was after all his mother.