I recently came across several references to Margaret Atwood's very short short story "Gertrude Talks Back." I was able to track it down in a collection of mostly similarly short short stories, and I enjoyed it immensely.
The setting seems to be, generally, during the closet scene—Hamlet's "Leave wringing of your hands" (III.iv.33) is delightful recalled in Gertrude's line "I am not wringing my hands. I'm drying my nails."
According to Bardfilm's Fair Use Policy, I'm not providing it in its entirety, but I'm giving you the first page of two. I'm pretty confident that you'll want to find the rest and finish it on your own. You won't want to leave these thoughts unfinished.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the opening of "Gertrude Talks Back."
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