FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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Women are unintelligent
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Women are weak
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Women are strong
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Women only use men to gain power
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Detailed explanation-1: -From Hamlet by William Shakespeare; this proverb is taken to mean that women are weaker than men.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does Hamlet mean when he says, “Frailty, thy name is woman?” Hamlet is declaring that women are inherently weaker than men. Their frailty is one of their defining characteristics in his worldview. In this particular instance, he is referencing his mother’s frailty in her decision to remarry quickly.
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.