Women - Hamlet Flashcards
Euphemistic, implying the role of Hamlet in her decline - Ophelia 4:5
‘young men will do’t if they come to’t, by Cock they are to blame’
Sinister and siren like - Gertrude 4:7
‘mermaid like’
Incest and defined by her relations with men - Hamlet 3:4
‘you are the Queen, your husband’s brother’s wife’
Resentment of Gertrude - Ghost 1:5
‘my most seeming virtuous Queen’
Shaming her weakness - Polonius 1:3
‘thou art a green girl’
Power of virginity - Laertes 1:3
‘chaste treasure open’
Sexual imagery - Hamlet 3:4
‘honeying and making love’
Concerned with the incest of his mother - Hamlet 1:2
‘with such dexterity to incestuous sheets’
Stereotypical inability to think for herself - Ophelia 1:3
‘I do not know, my Lord, what I should think’
Stereotypical weakness - Hamlet 1:2
‘frailty, thy name is woman!’
Reason for Hamlet’s madness as rooted in his concern for his mother’s relationships - Gertrude 2:2
‘our o’er hasty marriage’
Misogynistic attack, controlling Ophelia’s sexuality - Hamlet 3:1
‘get thee to a nunnery. Why would thou be a breeder of sinners?’
Appearances vs reality in women - Hamlet 3:1
‘God hath given you one face and you make yourselves another’
Female submission - Polonius 1:3
‘think yourself a baby’
Claims Ophelia is viciously seductive and pretends its accidental - Hamlet 3:1
‘You jig and amble, and you lisp, you nickname God’s creatures and make your wantonness your ignorance’
Likens his weaknesses to feminine qualities - Hamlet 2:2
‘must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words’
Weakness to emotion, also implying her guilt - Gertrude 3:4
‘these words like daggers enter in my ears’
