This document discusses Hamlet's misogynistic view of women as expressed in his famous line "Frailty, thy name is woman." It examines how this motif influences Hamlet's troubled relationships with his mother Gertrude and former love Ophelia. It provides background on the two women in Hamlet's life, describing Gertrude as the newly remarried Queen of Denmark and Ophelia as the beloved daughter of Polonius who goes mad after her rejection by Hamlet.