Hamlet the Great
Hamlet is an extreme idealist. ... Unlike anyone else in the play, it pains Hamlet to see the world and people as fallen. ... We see in the beginning of the play that Hamlet is comforting his mother at his father’s funeral. It’s hard to tell exactly how Hamlet is feeling other than he is mourning. ... Hamlet is disgusted with both, his mother’s very brief time of mourning and his uncle’s ability to manipulate her for the thrown and for her bed. ... In Hamlet’s mind his mother should mourn longer and never marry again, but his mother has behaved much differently. ... Hamlet attacks his mother, Gertrude, and her actions throughout the play. His feelings about the way she handled his father’s death by remarrying his brother, is the source of Hamlet’s anger and resentment. ... When Hamlet says, “You cannot call it love; for at your age the hey-day in the blood is tame, it’s humble, and waits upon the judgment” (III. ... Hamlet wants to fix the situation so he says to his mother, “confess yourself to heaven; repent what’s past; avoid what is to come; and do not spread the compost on the weeds, to make them ranker” (III. ... Hamlet allows his feelings toward his mother to extend to all women in general, this is clear in his statement, “frailty, thy name is woman” (I. ... Again, we see here that there is no gray area for Hamlet; he’s allowed his mother’s behavior to define all women.