Which words best describe Gertrude in Act IV of Hamlet? brave, authoritative kind, compassionate nervous, defensive shrewd, devious

The answer is compassionate nervous. Frantic after her encounter with Hamlet, Gertrude rushes to Claudius, who is meeting with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. She says that he is as distraught as the ocean amid a fierce tempest; she likewise discloses to Claudius that Hamlet has slaughtered Polonius.