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Women:
The Pawn on the Chessboard of "Hamlet"

Throughout Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" women are used as method for men to get what they want. This theme of men having more power than women has run not only through this play, but also the threads of history. The men in Hamlet, either directly or indirectly continuously use women to acquire something from other men. The only two women in the entire play are Gertrude and Ophelia, who are consistently used by the current king, Claudius, Polonius, and Hamlet. Ophelia is exploited by Polonius and the King (mainly together), and is also used by Hamlet. Gertrude is used by the King, as well as Polonius. In "Hamlet," the women throughout the play are used as pawns for men to get what they want, mainly from the other men.
Ophelia is used by not only Hamlet, but also by Polonius and Claudius. Hamlet uses Ophelia after he goes mad. Ophelia is manipulated by Hamlet to display to the King and the rest of the court that he is in fact mad.......

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