Why Hamlet Berates Ophelia Hamlet (see estrangement #5 above) sees in his mother a manifestation of the premise that an unthinking woman, guided by her emotions, might through her actions inflict great stress upon men. At the same time, such a woman might unknowingly make it very difficult for such men to deal with that stress. The enormity of the stress that Gertrude puts upon Hamlet makes Hamlet develop a substantial resentment towards her. Since to Hamlet, Gertrude embodies the weaknesses of women in general, Hamlet's resentment towards Gertrude is also projected against women in ...

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In this way, it's the soliloquy found in each Act of the play that readers can watch Hamlet grow inside. ... His father revealed to Hamlet that he was murdered by his own brother. ... Hamlet is aware that it is time for him to make a move, because he just found out the truth about what his uncle has done. ...

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Deep to the very founds of light. ... Forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum . ... Hamlet was more depressed when Ophelia, his love died, because Ophelia was his true love and he would not gave up his relationship with if he had forty thousand brothers. ...

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