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1
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Claudius referring to Gertrude marrying him for the good of the state

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“the imperial jointress to this war like state”

2
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Shakespeare show fickleness of women- hamlet express his disdain towards Gertrude

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“To post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets”

3
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Claudius confirms affair with Gertrude while Old Hamlet was still alive

–also expresses Hamlets and Shakespeare’s misogyny

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“Won by lustful sin, the heart of my most seeming virtuous queen”

4
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Women are characterised in a one dimensional manner- can’t live without men and they need them

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Gertrude’s “o’er hasty marriage” to Claudius

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Laertes describes Ophelia

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“A sweet sister and a kind maid”

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Obedient daughter, polonius tells her not to speak to H, inexperience and inability to defend herself is evident - Ophelia

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“I shall obey my lord”

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Ophelia possesses no strength of character to stand her ground, instead she plays a passive and obedient role

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“Get thee to a nunnery, whey woulds’t thou be a breeder of sinners”

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Ophelia’s death highlights the frailty of women and portrays the poignancy of her death

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“Sweets for the sweet” as Gertrude places flowers on Ophelia’s coffin