Women’s Weakness in “Hamlet”
...is brother. These things are not coincidence. They were done purposefully, now the questions are why? Why did Shakespeare choose to portray the women in his play “Hamlet” like this, and why did he have the other characters in the play relate to them as frail, weak, and even as letter humans? The truth is that every writer, when writing will capture a bit- no matter how small- of themselves in their work. There work will be a reflection of their perspectives, of their opinions, and of them. This comes as no surprise, because if you aren't going to write your own ideas, what is the significance of writing at all? Shakespeare- for whatever reason's- thinks of women as how they are portrayed in his plays. He considers them weak, frail, un-able to function for themselves without the help of a man, and less deserving of the prosperities that it means to be human. When Hamlet utters the words “Frailty, thy name is woman” in act one, scene two, he prepares the audience in a very specific way for the two female characters of the play, Ophelia and Gertrude. Before either sets foot on stage we expect them to ...