Hamlet And Ophelia And Women In Shakespeare's Hamlet

Furthermore, the idea of sexuality being connected with Hamlet's mother can be seen in comparison to Hamlet's association between Ophelia and erotic desire. In essence, Hamlet is reverting to a more infantile mind frame when associating Gertrude with Ophelia, subconsciously trying to defend himself against his unresolved Oedipal desires towards his mother. However, when King Hamlet dies and Gertrude remarries, Hamlet's repulsion of his mother is transmitted to Ophelia, causing Hamlet to completely reject her.

In the play Hamlet, the relationships between the different characters were destroyed because of Hamlets frustrations and other characters suspicions. Hamlet and Ophelia once had a very passionate love affair. Ophelias father Polonius and brother Laertes did not agree with their relationship. Laertes told Ophelia that she could not have a relationship with Hamlet because For Hamlet and the trifling of his favour, Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more. Act I scene III 3 Laertes is implying that Hamlet is not the right age for her, and he is comparing Hamlets love of Ophelia to the violet, which flowers early in the spring, but doesnt live long. If it were not for Polonius and Laertess influence on Ophelia, and Ophelias willingness to go along with everything her father and brother tell her to do, many tragedies could have been avoided such as Hamlets insanity, and the death of most of the main characters. The relationship between Gertrude and Claudius caused many problems. Gertrudes husband King Hamlet was killed, and the reader learns that it was Claudius that killed King Hamlet in act I scene V. Two months later, Claudius and Gertrude married, and Hamlet was not happy. The marriage between Claudius and Gertrude

Ophelia and Gertrude are both presented as weak women without their lovers—Gertrude would not have her status as queen without a king on her arm, and Ophelia’s role is mainly as Hamlets lover and Polonius’ daughter. In act one, Hamlet is upset because his mother married so rapidly after his father’s death, and that too to her husband’s brother being a sign of weakness. “yet, within a month—,” “Frailty, thy name is woman,” “married with mine uncle, My father’s brother.” (I. ii. 145,146,151,152). In his soliloquy, Hamlet

In his tragic play, Hamlet, Shakespeare demonstrates how corrupt the society is in Denmark. Through Ophelia’s death, Shakespeare conveys that women–during the Renaissance–are portrayed as powerless figures in which men determine the role of women in society. In act 4 scene 7, Gertrude’s speech reveals Ophelia’s burden of living in this patriarchal society of Denmark, which causes Ophelia to lose sanity when she comes to realize that she is isolated from the dominance of men and that she has no way of escaping. When reporting Ophelia’s death, Gertrude illustrates that she sees “a willow grow[ing] akant the brook/ That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream” (4.7. 190-191).

The role of women is portrayed in the viewpoint that they have to rely on others, mainly men, to survive; a perfect example of how many believe that women aren't able to be their individual selves is the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. Within the play the women are extremely dependent on the men around them which causes the women to be portrayed as weak characters in the play. Yet, there are parts within Hamlet that the women unknowingly prove that they are important characters. Ophelia, who Hamlet is deeply in love with, is brought up as though she were a delicate flower which in the end leads to her death. Throughout the play Ophelia is just told what's right and what's wrong instead of making her own viewpoints.

In the play "Hamlet", Hamlet was an unlucky university undergraduate whose life was disturbed by a sequence of events, which by far the most disruptive to Hamlet, was the death of his father. Not to mention the marriage of his mother to the man whom he suspected of killing his father. Even with the circumstances, Hamlet never gave way in his love for the two women in his life, Gertrude and Ophelia.

However, this strife happens because Polonius and Laetres emphasize their disapproval about Hamlet in being an essential part in her life. Moreover, Polonius points out that Hamlet is mad and insanely in love with Ophelia by claiming that “This is the very ecstasy of love, whose violent property” (2.1.104-105). Therefore, he insists that Ophelia should not meet him anymore. Likewise, Laertes adds that Hamlet’s love is “not permanent, sweet, not lasting, the perfume and suppliance of a minute” (1.3.8-9). In addition, since Hamlet is from a royal family and Polonius and Ophelia are from a lower class, there will not be a potential marriage between them.”

Throughout the years women have been able to change history, impact the world and, not to mention, gain equality among men. In today's modern day and age woman have grown to a higher stature in society no longer considered emotionally fragile and simple minded, but when looking back to William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the concept of woman takes on a totally different perspective. The men in Hamlet run the world while the woman sit back and obey the words of the men around them. In the play one of the two woman known to exist is Ophelia.

Since Hamlet possesses a superiority complex and a distrust for women, he fails to treat the women in his life that he loves in a respectful and equal manner. Hamlet holds an exceptionally diverse perspective in regards to sexuality and it’s meanings to both sexes. Although he never physically mistreats her, Hamlet uses a possessive manner to emotionally downgrade his girlfriend, Ophelia, throughout the narrative. Young Hamlet uses a variety of insults towards his mother, but speaks more of his feelings about her in private. His mother’s disloyalty to her late husband result in an array of disfunction in Hamlet’s social life.

Hamlet's treatment of women is interesting because, it was almost as if he was bipolar. In the beginning of the play hamlet was more towards the state of just playing around with ophelia while towards the end you can tell he loves her. Also the way he treats his mother because, she has married her dead husband's brother. The series of events leading up to the way hamlet treats his women is what causes him to take the actions that he does.

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Until the 1960’s the view in most of the world was that men ruled, and women were submissive to men. In literature, male dominance is shown and reflects a lot of male bias. In Hamlet, the objectification of women is portrayed with the character Ophelia. Throughout the play, Ophelia is portrayed as a victim of the male characters around her, is psychologically affected by men, and used by the men in her life.

William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet is a revenge tragedy centered on the protagonist Hamlet’s efforts to avenge the death of his father. Concurrent with the major plot lines are threads of romantic tragedy regarding Hamlet’s relationship with Ophelia, the daughter of the King’s advisor. Ophelia, despite her hereditary power, has severely restricted influence, and is constrained by the wishes of male authorities including the King, her brother, her father, and Hamlet himself. Yet the tragedy of this tale is not just a product of literary whimsy, it serves as a glass on which the social lives of women in the Renaissance are reflected. Specifically, Ophelia’s life serves as an allegory for female lives as property, exploited by men as not just items but also weapons. Like chess pieces, women’s bodies were positioned as both objects and

Hardships and sufferings are common in an average person’s life, but enduring a certain amount can push a person past their limits. At times, one's actions can lead to other people's limits being broken resulting in unexpected consequences. Hamlet by William Shakespeare involves two characters named Ophelia and Gertrude who both suffer from Hamlet's verbal and physical abuse; of the two, Ophelia suffers to a greater extent because of her decision to commit suicide. The cruel insults Hamlet addresses Ophelia with hurts her deeply due to them being false, whereas the harsh words Hamlet uses to describe Gertrude with are mostly true. Ophelia gets traumatized from both Hamlet’s sayings and actions, causing her to suffer an incredible amount. Queen Gertrude, who is the mother of Hamlet, is humiliated with abusive language by her son, which causes a particularly large amount of emotional distress on her since these words are coming from her very own child. First, the two suffer major harm from Hamlet due to his insults that cause them to feel worthless and violated. Gertrude becomes extremely offended by everything Hamlet says to her. Ophelia is greatly saddened, but at the same time she is worried about Hamlet. The death of Ophelia’s father causes the devastated daughter to fall into a state of depression, ultimately ending with the young woman taking her own life. On the other hand, the mother of Hamlet does not suffer from her son's torment as much as Ophelia because her death is the result of an accident, not the outcome of tremendous emotional suffering which Ophelia’s death resulted from. Additionally, Ophelia and Gertrude go through emotional suffering due to Hamlet’s verbal insult.

Both Gertrude and Ophelia were influenced by love. As Hamlet is talking to Gertrude, he wants her to see how horrible she has been and make her face the facts. Gertrude pleads,