FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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They are viewed as inspirational muses.
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They are viewed purely as sexual objects.
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They are viewed as heroines and nurturers.
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They are viewed as manipulative and untrustworthy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How are women generally viewed in Hamlet? They are viewed as manipulative and untrustworthy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare repeatedly characterizes women in Hamlet as simple minded, impulsive, and under the ownership of male figures. This lack of consciousness is blatantly evident in the opening act of the play when Gertrude is introduced as a lustful tramp, married hastily to Claudius.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, women are portrayed as weak, foolish, easily manipulated, and dependent on men through their behaviors and interactions with the male characters. Gertrude is dependent on Claudius as he is her new husband and king. Ophelia is manipulated by both her father and her brother, as well as Hamlet.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamlet “assigns many contemptuous terms to women, such as ‘whore, ’ ‘drab, ’ ‘strumpet, ’ ‘bawd, ’ ‘harlot, ’ etc. What underlies this gender hatred is a revelation of his self-negation and self-hatred” (De-yan 94).