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Posted by Shakesperio on February 04, 19102 at 15:47:48:
In Reply to: Re: role of women in hamlet? posted by betsy on January 30, 19102 at 12:33:00:
: : Can someone tell me how important the role of women in hamlet is? i have to write a short essay on the importance of women in the play and i am LOST
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: arguably it is women who make hamlet delay murdering claudius as he is so obsessed with gertrudes betrayal of old hamlet.loads of quotes 'rank sty' etc even as he kills claudius he says 'incestuous, murderous villain' or something. the fact that he said incestuous first may indicate that he is murdering him for sleeping with getrude.
: his opinion of gertrude affects his whole vision of female sex- ophelia. so they're pretty important.
I've just started studying Hamlet - using Jonnie Mobley's contemporary English version- and my first impression is that it is going to be difficult to figure out the role of women - I'm especially puzzled by Ophelia.
This morning I read A3,S4 and was also puzzled where Hamlet says (in old English): A bloody deed? Almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king and marry with his brother." Gertrude:"As kill a king?" Hamlet: "Ay, lady, 'twas my word."
Does Hamlet really think his mother was a conspirator, or is his anger just spilling over? Does he get madder and madder as the play goes on? First at Claudius, then at Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Gertrude - is he just pretending to be mad, or does his suffocated asger make him a bit mad?
Well, I'm too young at this to pretend to be profound.
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