Chancee's Hamlet Post

Gertrude is a mother of a country and she doesn't want to be alone. So after King Hamlet dies and his brother Claudius comforts her, she sees him as her rock. It is not necessarily love, but it is a connection that it built from a common family member. Ophelia loves Hamlet because of who he is politically and not because of who he actually is. Although the book does not write about their previous love, it just states that they do love each other, it never specifies that they ever hung out or had the opportunity to fall in love with each other. However, she does love him, just not for the reason that love usually exists now. She is mistreated by everyone, but she lets it happen so it ends up being her fault. "1st time, your fault, second time, my fault." She gets pushed around by both the King and her father when they tell her to give presents from Hamlet back to him. She knows that this is going to make Hamlet upset, but she still follows through with it because of those two men. Also, Hamlet himself mistreats her because of how he uses her to talk to during the play. He keeps saying rude and vulgar comments to get through to the King without thinking about her shame. Hamlet has a disdain for women because of his mother. She marries her dead husband's brother only two months after his death. Hamlet therefore starts to have no respect for women because if his mother, the epitome of women, marries so quickly, every other girl will do the same. Both Hamlet's mother and Ophelia get pushed around but do nothing about it. Shakespeare is misogynist because of the way he portrays woman. However, that was simply how women were when Hamlet was written. To speak unless spoken to. Women were supposed to go by what their husband said and never question his decisions.