feminist approach in hamlet
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Topic: Feminist Approach in HamletPaper: 1Paper Name: The Renaissance
LiteratureName: Patel KinjalRoll No: 19Class: M.A. 1, SEM- 1Year: 2013Submitted to: S.B. Gardi Department of
English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University (Gujarat – India)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Feminist approach in Hamlet
IntroductionWilliam Shakespeare has universalizes his literary work.
He wrote many Sonnets, Comedies, Tragedies and Tragi-Comedies.
Usually his females characters are strong but if we go through Hamlet we find them feeble.
Females Characters in Shakespeare’s Drama
In ‘ Macbeth’ Lady Macbeth
She force his husband to kill the king.
In’ As You Like It’ heroine faced many difficulties.
In most of Shakespeare’s drama women are more beautiful.
But in the Hamlet both the women are feeble.
Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother
Ophelia
Innocent
Gertrude
Full of fault’s, pride, lust
Lothesome characters
Her role like villain
Bed chamber scene
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Gertrude as a mother
She loves her sonHelps her sonAccepts her mistakesBehave like innocent
creatureLoyal to the king
ClaudiusCares about Ophelia
and Polonius
Character of Gertrude
Sensous natureLoved luxurious
lifeA trustworthy
person Female weakness drinking poisoned
Ophelia
Polonius daughterBeautiful , faithful
and obedientLovely and innocent
girlTotally dependent on
male charactersEpitome of goodnessShe dies drowning in
the river amid garlands
Love her father and brother
Comparison between Ophelia and Gertrude
Both the female characters are weaker
Lack virtues Hamlet’s witnessBoth the women are
made whoreGertrude by
ClaudiusOphelia by Hamlet
Conclusion
Both women characters are shown as weaker sex.
Lower categorySymbol of ingratitude
and infidelityPowered by males
and lack freedom