How Is Hamlet A Misogynist
Hamlet vs Shakespeare’s Portrayal of Women
Hamlet and Shakespeare interpret women in two different ways. Some say that hamlet is a misogynist while some say he may not be. In the play “Hamlet” He feels that he is betrayed by his mother gertrude which leds him to treat women the way that he does. Shakespeare portrays it all in a completely different way. Shakespeare's view of it is that they are normal, weak and not trying to turn against him in any way.
Hamlets portrayal of women in this play start with his mother gertrude. In the opening of the play hamlet's father is killed and his mother gertrude almost instantly marries another man. The man that she married turned out to be his uncle and hamlet felt that he was betrayed. Hamlet is then starts to become a misogynist from that, He starts to treat his mother bad and say that she shouldn't have remarried so fast. Hamlet treats her as if she is weak and he can just control her and make her do what he wants. …show more content…
The way that hamlet felt he was treated by his mother led him to think ophelia was the same way.
Hamlet gets into an argument during the play when people are spying on them and says---”. He tells Ophelia that she --because it was so easy for him to take her virginity. Hamlet also feels that Ophelia is weak too which is why he controls her and makes her do what he says. From what we see throughout the play hamlet does not think very good of any women. Towards the end of the play Ophelia drowns and some say it could have been hamlet. People think that because of the way the women were treated by hamlet and the things that he had said to
them.
Shakespeare had a completely different interpretation of women in the play Hamlet. He portrayed them to be normal and not trying to plot against anyone they were just living a normal life. Shakespeare Portrayed Ophelia to be a sweet girl that was just trying to find a man to be with and live her life with. The way that Shakespeare writes about Ophelia is pretty clear that she is a normal girl but hamlet thinks different. Shakespeare doesn't really try to push the readers to think something bad of Ophelia, but he tries to show that both gertrude and Ophelia are weak. When Ophelia drowns at the end of the play Shakespeare leaves it unknown to the readers how she was drowned so he is not labeled a misogynist.
Shakespeare has somewhat of a same view as Hamlet does about Gertrude. They both feel she is weak and it is not right that she married his uncle. Shakespeare makes it very clear that when she remarried so quick to Hamlet's uncle that things were not going to be ok. He makes a quote that states--------------. Hamlet and Shakespeare both have a little in common. Throughout the play both of them portray Gertrude and Ophelia to be weak and controlled by their men. While there are some differences, Hamlet holds it against them and treats them very bad because of it while
Hamlet and Shakespeare interpret women in two different ways. Some say that hamlet is a misogynist while some say he may not be. In the play “Hamlet” He feels that he is betrayed by his mother gertrude which leds him to treat women the way that he does. Shakespeare portrays it all in a completely different way. Shakespeare's view of it is that they are normal, weak and not trying to turn against him in any way.
Hamlets portrayal of women in this play start with his mother gertrude. In the opening of the play hamlet's father is killed and his mother gertrude almost instantly marries another man. The man that she married turned out to be his uncle and hamlet felt that he was betrayed. Hamlet is then starts to become a misogynist from that, He starts to treat his mother bad and say that she shouldn't have remarried so fast. Hamlet treats her as if she is weak and he can just control her and make her do what he wants. …show more content…
The way that hamlet felt he was treated by his mother led him to think ophelia was the same way.
Hamlet gets into an argument during the play when people are spying on them and says---”. He tells Ophelia that she --because it was so easy for him to take her virginity. Hamlet also feels that Ophelia is weak too which is why he controls her and makes her do what he says. From what we see throughout the play hamlet does not think very good of any women. Towards the end of the play Ophelia drowns and some say it could have been hamlet. People think that because of the way the women were treated by hamlet and the things that he had said to
them.
Shakespeare had a completely different interpretation of women in the play Hamlet. He portrayed them to be normal and not trying to plot against anyone they were just living a normal life. Shakespeare Portrayed Ophelia to be a sweet girl that was just trying to find a man to be with and live her life with. The way that Shakespeare writes about Ophelia is pretty clear that she is a normal girl but hamlet thinks different. Shakespeare doesn't really try to push the readers to think something bad of Ophelia, but he tries to show that both gertrude and Ophelia are weak. When Ophelia drowns at the end of the play Shakespeare leaves it unknown to the readers how she was drowned so he is not labeled a misogynist.
Shakespeare has somewhat of a same view as Hamlet does about Gertrude. They both feel she is weak and it is not right that she married his uncle. Shakespeare makes it very clear that when she remarried so quick to Hamlet's uncle that things were not going to be ok. He makes a quote that states--------------. Hamlet and Shakespeare both have a little in common. Throughout the play both of them portray Gertrude and Ophelia to be weak and controlled by their men. While there are some differences, Hamlet holds it against them and treats them very bad because of it while