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How Shakespeare's Hamlet Treats His Mother

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Finally, Hamlet treats his only mother in a very harsh and disrespectful way. In fact, he calls her very rude and mean names. Vividly, Hamlet lost all his respect to his mother after she married Claudius. For example, he calls her a villain! After Hamlet talks to the Ghost, he says something impolitely when he states in fronted his friend,
…Oh, most pernicious woman!
…Oh, villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!
…That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain…(I.v.106-109).
Hamlet shows impoliteness to his mother throughout the play. Hamlet’s anger towards his mother becomes so great that he hurts her physically. In fact, she felt so unsafe around him and yelled for help! Even though Hamlet wins his mother’s trust, in reality, his verbal

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