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Hamlet as Mysogynist

During the period of Hamlet's life recorded in the play leading up to his death, he appears to have an abundance of relatively serious issues with the vital women in his life. Although Hamlet during this period has discrepancies with just about everyone associated in his life, men or women alike. There are only two female roles in the play Hamlet, this makes interpreting whether Hamlet is a Misogynist or not somewhat difficult. The primary female role is Hamlet's mother who Hamlet usually is very close with but in recent times has developed anger towards over the lack of mourning portrayed by her over the death of her husband and Hamlet's father. Ophelia is the other female role she is a young girl whose family is acquainted Hamlet's royal family. In the past there was a sort of attraction between the two, but as that has now faded Hamlet has grown frustrated and angered with her and no longer holds remotely the same feeling towards her as he once did. Therefore through these dispositions Hamlet apparently has developed a disrespectful attitude towards these two women, which could be viewed by some as being characteristic of someone who is a misogynist. Whether this is true or not is up to the


interpretation of the reader, it could be that Hamlet's consistent betrayal by the women in his life has added to the growing hatred of women through Hamlet's eyes, or that it just so happens the only two representations of women in this play happen to not be on good terms with Hamlet and he really has no distinctive hatred of women kind in general.

Hamlets love was broken and misused once again in the case between him and Ophelia, though she may have been subdued by his passionate words at one time the feeling must have faded. True love cannot be changed or affected from any outside forces especially not redirected to be used against the individuals involved in it. As it is when Ophelia complies with Poloniuses orders to stop seeing Hamlet, and later allows both Polonius and Claudius to spy on her conversation with Hamlet. These continuous betrayals do not strengthen Hamlet's opinion of women Hamlet quotes to Ophelia "Get thee to a nunnery"(pg131-131), Hamlet no doubt must feel some embarrassment and frustration in the failure of influencing Ophelia to care about him. In Hamlets eyes this failure could only be explained by the fact that she is a women.

Hamlet had problems with many other characters in the play as well, this was ca

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