Shakespeare

1. Presentation about Hamlet
the play itself speaks volumes about the uniquely painful, difficult struggles and
unfair fates women have suffered throughout history. Written in the first years of the
17th century, when women were forbidden even from appearing on stage,
freee l t Frailty, thy name is woman!
Means, women are weaker thn men.
Women in Shakespeare Time
were seen as the weaker gender, often in need of protection.
Women are the property of their fathers and husbands.
Women were unable to buy their own lands.
they were not permitted on stage.
The female characters in many of the plays were dressed as men.
As a result, the viewer has seen a man impersonating a woman.
Married women were only supposed to bear children and provide for them.
Though there are only two traditionally female characters in Hamlet—Ophelia and
Gertrude
Two female character in Hamlet
Gertrude
Gertrude was devoted to King Claudius and adored Hamlet.
Her world was surrounded by domineering men.
Consider her body and the enjoyment she derives from it.
Ophelia
Ophelia is another character in the play
She is
Innocent and sweet
Male-dependent.

2. The pinnacle of goodness, Dutiful, and Obedient
Hamlet and women
 Hamlet Is a play written from male point of view
 Hamlet is afflicted with the world’s famous
Oedipus complex.
 The death of his father
 overhasty marriage of his mother to his uncle
 Hamlet’s ego is threatened that he finds himself
splintered
 driven to action even as he resists
 action with doubts and delays
 Hamlet directs his fury towards his mother
 lesser towards his beloved Ophelia
 A feminist reading indicate a solution of Hamlet’s
delay in avenging his father’s death
 Hamlet’s speech signals his perhaps unconscious thought
that it is his mother’s fault for being an
object of competing male desires, His fear and hatred for
women turns inwardly
and destroy him.
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conclusion
Women in the play are :

3.  Easily manipulated
 Weak women
 Object for men
 Dependent on men
 Only two Female character in Hamlet
 Both are dying for men
Women in England during Shakespeare’s Time
1. They were refused professional education and the opportunity to hold elected office or
other careers such as law, pharmacy, and so on.
2. Having children was regarded as a remarkable honor.
3. There is a widespread perception that women need someone to look after them at all
times.
4. No woman was allowed to vote.
5. After not receiving a comprehensive education,
6. Owing to the use of private tutors, many women of this era were well educated.
7. Single women are often suspected of being witches and are regarded with distrust.
8. Women were inspired to write books, mostly religious works.
In ophelias character we also can see…
 Her character is murky
 Torn between two contradictory poles
 The vessel of morality:-
 1. Dutiful
 2. Steadfast

4.  3. Obedient
In Gertrude character we also can see…
 Shadowy character
 Dependent woman
 Concern for Hamlet
 Maternal
 protectiveness
 Innocent (unaware about the conspiracy)
 Concern for the plight of Ophelia