"Fatal Indulgences: Gertrude and the Perils of Excess in Early Modern England"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc2158/
Author:
	Chamberlain, Stephanie.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Journal of the Wooden O Symposium 13 (2013): 25–33.
Annotation:
	Emphasizes role of food and drink in humoral medicine in order to portray Gertrude as a drunken, and therefore lecherous, woman. Illustrates the fatal gluttony of Hamlet's court through an examination of Gertrude's overindulgence; suggests that "the lust and gluttony that Hamlet attributes to his mother ultimately constitute a metaphor for the drunkenness that characterizes the Danish court as a whole."
Language:
	English
Keywords:
	humors, gender
Tags:
	Hamlet
WSB Update:
	Fall 2015
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc2158