Hamlet and Women

Hamlet discovers that his father, the former King of Denmark, has been murdered by his brother who then wed his mother. Hamlet is extremely upset over this news but he is undecided about how to work out his fate. He is not sure whether he should avenge his father’s death but he is offended by his mother’s seeming lack of fidelity. He is also appalled she is sleeping in the same bed with the man responsible for murdering his father. Ophelia is Hamlet’s girlfriend. Hamlet has been away at school. When he returns he is visited by his father’s ghost and makes his ghastly discovery about his uncle and mother. Ophelia has been cautioned by her brother and father to be cautious when it comes to the affection of men. In addition, her fathe

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se me / of such things that it were better my mother had not born me” (Shakespeare p. 1089). Hamlet also tells Ophelia that her father is a fool and, indeed, his advice to Ophelia to ignore Hamlet may well have been foolish if they both love each other. He tells her to make sure she keeps him shut indoors so he can only make a fool of himself in his own home. He then tells her to get to a nunnery once more, and gives her an insult worse than any up to then when he tells her about her chances in marriage, “Or, if thou wilt marry, marry a / fool; for wise men know well enough what / monsters you make of them” (Shakespeare p. 1089). He then makes a comment in general about the female sex that makes them see like deceptive beings, “God has given you one face and / you make yourselves another” (Shakespeare p. 1089). Ophelia is devastated by Hamlet’s rejection and harsh words and she eventually commits suicide once she learns that her father has been killed by Hamlet and her brother now will avenge his father’s death. With respect to Gertrude, Hamlet finds it more difficult to berate her but berate her he does. He does so with perhaps more vehemence and passion than he does with Ophelia but it is a difficult task for him at first
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)

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