Read the dialogue from Act III of Hamlet.Hamlet: Now, mother, what’s the matter?Gertrude: Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.Hamlet: Mother, you have my father much offended.

Gertrude says Hamlet has offended his father, referring to King Claudius. Hamlet repeats her words but changes the meaning: he says Gertrude has offended his father, the late King Hamlet, by marrying Claudius. Their exchange shows that Gertrude is caught between her son and her new husband.

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