This is an unknown fact because on the night of her death she drank a poisoned cup of wine which was meant for Hamlet. However there was a possibility that Gertrude knew that the wine had deadly toxins in it. Although there is no definite guarantee that she committed suicide, the evidence is overwhelming that she knew that the wine was tainted.

Prior to the opening of the drama, Gertrude was having an incestuous affair with her husbands brother, Claudius. C

The Chief Counselor of Denmark, Polonius and his family, play a big role in determining the motivation of a possible suicide. Hamlet was in the midst of avenging his fathers death, to kill Claudius. He was having a conversation with his mom when he heard someone in the room spying on them. Thinking it was Claudius, he drew his sword and stabbed though the curtain where the impostor was in concealment. It turned out to be Polonius, who was now dead, and again Gertrude couldn't help but feel accountable. Polonius' daughter Ophelia was affected dramatically by his death. She was romantically involved with Hamlet, and couldn't handle the fact that her boyfriend murdered her father. This destroyed Ophelia's character and led to her suicide. Polonius' son Laertes, had now lost his entire family and wanted to get revenge by assassinating Hamlet. Laertes was having a meeting with Claudius and they were planning the details of how to kill Hamlet. There was a distinct possibility that Gertrude o

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