The character of Hamlet stands quite by itself. It is not a character marked by strength of will or even of passion, but by minor change of thought and emotion. ... Shakespear was thoroughly a master of the mixed motives of human character, he here shews us the Queen, who was so criminal in some respects, not without sensibility and affection in other relations of life.""Ophelia is a character almost too exquisitely touching to be dwelt upon. It is a character which nobody but Shakespear could have drawn in the way that he has done, and to the conception of which there is not even the s...

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With the lost of independence the women of Hamlet take on the role as the weakest characters. ... Gertrude and Ophelia are minor but powerful characters in the play that Shakespeare focuses on. The women are able to demonstrate what Shakespeare believes their roles are and what kind of character they hold. ...

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For example, people have come to believe that "little white lies", which are meant to be minor or "harmless", is absolutely normal and sometimes encouraged. ... Hamlet was very upfront with many of the characters in the play, starting with Ophelia. ...

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