gertrude! aaah i love this characterization of her (and i can tell, too, which gertrude it is) and the sort of meditation on what it means to be a queen and to hold that responsibility and to be in the public eye. and that final moment, too, watching herself and wincing, is so well-sketched, and you can see a glimpse of how claudius is good for her in her grief (even if he caused it) and can draw her away from the spiraling self-judgment of always looking at herself through the lens of public perception.