Read the excerpt from hamlet. gertrude: sweets to the sweet: farewell! [scattering flowers.] i hop’d thou shouldst have been my hamlet’s wife; i thought thy bride-bed to have deck’d, sweet maid, and not have strew’d thy grave. based on this plot event, how has gertrude changed over the course of the play?
a. she was happy, but is now mournful.
b. she was bitter, but has become resigned.
c. she was weary, but has become energized.
d. she was depressed, but now feels indifferent.