How Is Hamlet A Misogynist
In Wil liam Shakespeare‟s play Hamlet
, the protagonist Hamlet shows a negative viewtowards the women in his life. He considers that both his mother Gertrude and Ophelia havedeceived him through their actions;
Gertrude married only a month after Hamlet‟s father‟s death, and Ophelia heeds her father‟s command not to see Hamlet despite confessing her love for him.Hamlet sees both women as fragile and too dependent on the men in their lives which make himsay
, “Frailty, thy name is women.” Now, it is to be discussed that whether the claim of being misogynist is justified oncharacter Hamlet in the play Hamlet
. My opinions are to be judged on the basis of my sharp observation of Hamlet‟s treatments of his women. Before approaching to any argument, it isconsiderable to put a brief description of how Hamlet is found in dealing with his women in the play.
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first interaction with women the spectators see in the play is with his mother Gertrude where Hamlet is shown distressed at her for her disloyal act of marrying his uncle sosoon after the death of his father.
Hamlet comments on the speed of his mother‟s remarriage in his first soliloquy:Within a monthEre yet the salt of most unrighteous tearsHad left the flushing in her galled eyes,She married. O, most wicked speed, to post Sharmin 2With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!It is not, nor it cannot come to good. (I, ii, 153-58)It is understandable that Hamlet is upset with his mother for forgetting about his father andmarrying his uncle. Hamlet feels that his father deserves more than one month of bereavementand by remarrying so quickly Gertrude has done injustice to her former husband‟s memories.
Hamlet considers this remarriage illegitimate as well as an inconsiderable act of sin.
Hamlet‟s
estimation of his mother worsens as the play advances. Hamlet becomes moreunsympathetic towards Gertrude after his father, who appears as a ghost, tells him of
his mother‟s adulterous behavior and his uncle‟s shrewd and unconscionable murder. Although
Hamlet promises to seek revenge on King Claudius for murdering his father, he is primarily more concerned with the ghost‟s revelations of his mother‟s act of adultery. King Hamlet prohibits Hamlet from being concerned with his mother but after the spirit leaves, it is the firstthing Hamlet speaks of. Before vowing to avenge his father‟ s death, he expresses his deep agonyfor the crime his mother has committed
, the protagonist Hamlet shows a negative viewtowards the women in his life. He considers that both his mother Gertrude and Ophelia havedeceived him through their actions;
Gertrude married only a month after Hamlet‟s father‟s death, and Ophelia heeds her father‟s command not to see Hamlet despite confessing her love for him.Hamlet sees both women as fragile and too dependent on the men in their lives which make himsay
, “Frailty, thy name is women.” Now, it is to be discussed that whether the claim of being misogynist is justified oncharacter Hamlet in the play Hamlet
. My opinions are to be judged on the basis of my sharp observation of Hamlet‟s treatments of his women. Before approaching to any argument, it isconsiderable to put a brief description of how Hamlet is found in dealing with his women in the play.
Hamlet‟s …show more content…
first interaction with women the spectators see in the play is with his mother Gertrude where Hamlet is shown distressed at her for her disloyal act of marrying his uncle sosoon after the death of his father.
Hamlet comments on the speed of his mother‟s remarriage in his first soliloquy:Within a monthEre yet the salt of most unrighteous tearsHad left the flushing in her galled eyes,She married. O, most wicked speed, to post Sharmin 2With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!It is not, nor it cannot come to good. (I, ii, 153-58)It is understandable that Hamlet is upset with his mother for forgetting about his father andmarrying his uncle. Hamlet feels that his father deserves more than one month of bereavementand by remarrying so quickly Gertrude has done injustice to her former husband‟s memories.
Hamlet considers this remarriage illegitimate as well as an inconsiderable act of sin.
Hamlet‟s
estimation of his mother worsens as the play advances. Hamlet becomes moreunsympathetic towards Gertrude after his father, who appears as a ghost, tells him of
his mother‟s adulterous behavior and his uncle‟s shrewd and unconscionable murder. Although
Hamlet promises to seek revenge on King Claudius for murdering his father, he is primarily more concerned with the ghost‟s revelations of his mother‟s act of adultery. King Hamlet prohibits Hamlet from being concerned with his mother but after the spirit leaves, it is the firstthing Hamlet speaks of. Before vowing to avenge his father‟ s death, he expresses his deep agonyfor the crime his mother has committed