No, I don't believe the Queen Gertrude participated in the King's death. When the King was murdered Gertrude was already dead. She died from drinking the poison meant for her son Hamlet.
In Act5, Scene2, Line 320 Hamlet stabbs King, Line 325 King dies after being forced by Hamlet to drink what was left of the poison that killed his mother Queen Gertrude.
You are clearly right about Gertrude's lack of involvement in King Claudius' death. But we were planning to blog about whether or not she was involved in the previous King's (Hamlet's father's) death. Looking at your post, it seems that the class discussion about which King we were going to blog about was unclear. Even so, you have given a solid answer and done well with incorporating citations into your post. The only real criticism I can make is that your post is too short; it is only 63 words long, instead of the full 100. You're 37 words short.
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