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Hamlet's Treatment of Ophelia and Gertrude


Modern folklore suggests women look at a man's relationship with his mother
to predict how they will treat other women in their life. Hamlet is a good
example of a son's treatment of his mother reflecting how he will treat the
woman he loves because when considering Hamlet's attitude and treatment of the
Ophelia in William Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, one must first consider how
Hamlet treated his mother. A characteristic of Hamlet's personality is to make
broad, sweeping generalizations and nowhere is this more evident than in his
treatment toward women. Very early in the play, while discussing his mother's
transgressions, he comments, "Frailty, thy name is woman. (Hoy, 11)." Hamlet
appears to believe all women act in the same manner as his mother.
The first time the audience meets Hamlet, he is angry and upset at Queen
Gertrude, his mother, for remarrying his uncle so soon after the death of his
father. In his first soliloquy......

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