William Shakespeare's Hamlet goes both hand in hand and contrasts with this trend. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the women in the play are driving factors for the actions of many other characters, although they are not treated with much respect. Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, and Ophelia, Hamlet's love, affected many of the decisions and actions done by Hamlet. ... I believe that Shakespeare gave men the higher position in the play. ... Maybe Shakespeare did not believe in women as strong characters due to the age he lived in. ...

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William Shakespeare's Hamlet goes both hand in hand and contrasts with this trend. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the women in the play are driving factors for the actions of many other characters, although they are not treated with much respect. Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, and Ophelia, Hamlet's love, affected many of the decisions and actions done by Hamlet. ... I believe that Shakespeare gave men the higher position in the play. ... Maybe Shakespeare did not believe in women as strong characters due to the age he lived in. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I decided, along with Carol, to perform Act III, Scene I, from Hamlet, when Ophelia obeys her father and tests Hamlet's love for her by returning his remembrances. ... I have learned in former acting courses that, in Shakespeare's time, nunnery is often used as a play on the word actually meaning a brothel, or whore-house. ... In Shakespeare's writings, a knave can mean a servant that cares for the horses as well, which is an insult to a noble man. ... Since I believe that Hamlet knows that he is there, I interpreted the latter. ... Hamlet comes back with more insults for he...

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To Know or Not To Know To know or not to know-that is the question: Whether Gertrude is an important character in the play or not, What is the reason that Shakespeare includes her in the play? ... She is the Queen and mother of the noble Hamlet. ... She exclaims "O Hamlet, speak no more! ... Hamlet and Laertes are in the process of their battle and Hamlet is winning significantly. ... She obviously had no part in the poisoning of King Hamlet and played no role in the grand plan against Hamlet. ...

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Shakespeare's "Hamlet" also deals with the issue of the invasion of privacy. At the beginning of the play, Prince Hamlet encounters his late father's spirit. ... Only one month after his father was murdered, Gertrude (Hamlet's mother) married his Uncle Claudius, leaving Hamlet feeling betrayed and depressed. In an effort to deal with his tragic turn of events, Hamlet keeps his feelings bottled up. ... Hamlet's decision to act "mad" drives him into insanity. ...

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To what extent do Katherina and Bianca conform to the ideal of women and marriage in Shakespeare as time? ... The reason for Katherine's shrewish demeanor is never given in the play, though many directors have interpreted it as an act to discourage suitors, much like Hamlet's feigned madness. ... Yet they share the same characteristics that Shakespeare imparted onto many of his heroines. ... The entire concept of choice and free-will, of which Shakespeare was so fond of, applies as equally to his feminine characters as to his masculine. It is this very important point which establ...

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