Part one of term paper
In The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare, women are portrayed as ineffectual and impressionable creatures dependent on men for emotional stability. The two women characters in the play, Ophelia and Gertrude, are similar in their weaknesses and frailties. Ophelia’s madness ensues from the loss of her father, who ma ...

Part two of term paper
... and a coward. The female characters in Hamlet seem to have very few redeemable qualities. Shakespeare effectively demonstrates how dependent women are on men by showing that, without men, women cannot function as emotionally stable or sound individuals. After the death of her husband, the King, Gertrude hastily remarried the late King’s brother, Claudius. Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius was a deplorable and sordid disappointment to Hamlet who was appalled by the speed with which his mother rec ...