Hamlet himself exists within an environment of misogyny, fueled by this father's death, his mother's remarriage, and the suspicious behavior of his lady Ophelia. Early in the play, we learn that Claudius murdered Hamlet's father - and then remarried his mother far too quickly. For Hamlet, and for the audience, his mother's behavior is coldly disconcerting; she shows no loyalty to her dead husb...

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While Antigone is not portrayed as the radical, polar opposite of a stereotypical tender, loving woman, she still possesses the stable heroic qualities that differentiate her from the fragility of a tender, loving woman. ... She arranges how King Duncan will be killed, how his guards will be distracted, and how even the knives used will be from the guards. ... Though she does not kill King Duncan in the end, it is her ability to employ sinister, evil thoughts for her fell purpose without succumbing to horror, guilt, and regret that differentiates her from the stereotypical acquiescent woman....

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When Plath says "Dying/Is an art, like everything else/ I do it exceptionally well" ("Lady Lazarus" 43-45), she is using snide sarcasm regarding how she really is not good at anything because she is unable to kill herself due to the control of her oppressor. ... On page 33, the reader can further acknowledge her lack of concern for her looks when Diane explains how she wore jeans to a family dinner and her mother brought her upstairs in attempt to make Diane wear a dress, yet she refused and returned to join the rest of her kin. ... "Katniss' character is represen...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate