FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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He believes women need to be protected and cared for.
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He feels betrayed by his mother and is extremely angry that she is so weak.
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He is happy King Claudius has taken care of his fragile mother after the death of his father.
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He is mad that Ophelia will not see him nor take his letters.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who is the woman in ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ quote? When Hamlet says “woman, ” he means Gertrude. He sees her as morally weak because she has betrayed her husband by marrying his brother, Claudius, just one month after her husband’s death.
Detailed explanation-2: -From Hamlet by William Shakespeare; this proverb is taken to mean that women are weaker than men.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet, the hero of Shakespeare’s masterpiece named ‘Hamlet’, utters this famous line in Act 1, Scene II. He recalls the beautiful memories of his mother and deceased father. He mourns the death of his father and changing nature of woman, referring to his mother, Gertrude, as she has married his uncle Claudius.
Detailed explanation-4: -frailty, thy name is woman Hamlet is as upset about his mother’s remarriage as he is about his father’s death. His mother’s willingness to marry Claudius undercuts Hamlet’s view that his mother and father loved each other deeply.