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“Frailty,thy name is woman!”

Hamlet’s feministic
reading in this play
Hamlet is troubled
 Oh God, how weary, stale, flat, and

unprofitable seem to me all the
uses of this world. That is should
come to this, my father, not to
months dead, and yet within a
month, she married with my unclelet me not think on it!

Frailty thy name is
woman…………
Motif
 This motif of misogyny, or hatred of

women, occurs only sporadically
throughout the play, but it is an
important inhibiting factor in
Hamlet’s relationships with Ophelia
and Gertrude. He urges Ophelia to
go to a nunnery rather than
experience the corruption of
sexuality and exclaims of Gertrude
Woman in Hamlet’s life
Two woman are part of
Hamlet’s life
First woman in his life
mother Gertrude
Second woman in his life
beloved Ophelia
Gertrude
 Queen of Denmark
 Widow of king Hamlet
 Mother of prince Hamlet
 Newly married with new king

Claudius
 Gertrude is at her best in social
situations rounded personality
Ophelia
Beloved of Hamlet
Daughter of Polonius

Sister of Laertes
“Frailty,thy name is woman!”
This comment is as much

indicative of Hamlet’s
agonized state of mind .
We read in Hamlet or other
shekeshperean’s play the
condition of woman in
contemporary Elizabethan
age.
Ophelia
Ophelia’s character is a

mirror of a woman’s
impeccable beauty and
weakness.
15   frailty,thy name is woman!

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15 frailty,thy name is woman!

  • 1. “Frailty,thy name is woman!” Hamlet’s feministic reading in this play
  • 2. Hamlet is troubled  Oh God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world. That is should come to this, my father, not to months dead, and yet within a month, she married with my unclelet me not think on it!  Frailty thy name is woman…………
  • 3. Motif  This motif of misogyny, or hatred of women, occurs only sporadically throughout the play, but it is an important inhibiting factor in Hamlet’s relationships with Ophelia and Gertrude. He urges Ophelia to go to a nunnery rather than experience the corruption of sexuality and exclaims of Gertrude
  • 4. Woman in Hamlet’s life Two woman are part of Hamlet’s life First woman in his life mother Gertrude Second woman in his life beloved Ophelia
  • 5. Gertrude  Queen of Denmark  Widow of king Hamlet  Mother of prince Hamlet  Newly married with new king Claudius  Gertrude is at her best in social situations rounded personality
  • 6. Ophelia Beloved of Hamlet Daughter of Polonius Sister of Laertes
  • 7. “Frailty,thy name is woman!” This comment is as much indicative of Hamlet’s agonized state of mind . We read in Hamlet or other shekeshperean’s play the condition of woman in contemporary Elizabethan age.
  • 8.
  • 9. Ophelia Ophelia’s character is a mirror of a woman’s impeccable beauty and weakness.