and thwarted desire. More recently, psychoanalytic critics have examined Hamlet's unconscious desires , and feminist critics have re-evaluated and rehabilitated the often maligned characters of Ophelia and Gertrude . - What do these words mean? "hesitation", "pressure", "murder", "thwarted", "cold-blooded", "desire", "unconcious" Activity 4 When I saw Blanca Portillo as "Hamlet",