Gender Roles In Hamlet
Branda Tam
Female and male protagonist in the Shakespeare’s plays end up involving in to something better, but not all the time. Some characters matures and some remains immature which leads in to making bad decisions. Throughout Shakespeare’s play his characters goes through a journey These two characters, goes through a journey that can or can not help them find themselves, making decisions which them can lead them in to a positive or negative outcome. Males are more of a dominate character in Shakespeare’s play because they have power and social class because women do not have that pleasure because it’s not culturally and socially normal. Although, there a gender differences with Rosalind and Hamlet, they both share this dominate and central figure in the plays. The plays focuses on their …show more content…
But as the story progresses, these two characters changes but it doesn’t mean they’re fully matured. In the book Hamlet, it shows that Hamlet doesn't know how to handle and cope well with situations and ends up making it complicated. Hamlet who lost his father, Old Hamlet, grieves over his death and the fact his mother, Queen Gertrude, marries his father’s brother, Claudius a month after. It was just too much for him to handle. Hamlet feels resentful towards his Uncle Claudius because Hamlet should’ve been king, be on the throne and follow his father’s footstep. It upset him even more when he found out that his uncle was responsible for his father’s death. In act 1 scene 5, the ghost said “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown. " this quote talks about who was responsible for the death of old hamlet. Which sets the stage for Hamlet to plot is revenge on King Claudius. After being shipped to England by Claudius, you would think Hamlet would give up on his revenge. Hamlet liked Ophelia but he didn’t want to commit to her because
Female and male protagonist in the Shakespeare’s plays end up involving in to something better, but not all the time. Some characters matures and some remains immature which leads in to making bad decisions. Throughout Shakespeare’s play his characters goes through a journey These two characters, goes through a journey that can or can not help them find themselves, making decisions which them can lead them in to a positive or negative outcome. Males are more of a dominate character in Shakespeare’s play because they have power and social class because women do not have that pleasure because it’s not culturally and socially normal. Although, there a gender differences with Rosalind and Hamlet, they both share this dominate and central figure in the plays. The plays focuses on their …show more content…
But as the story progresses, these two characters changes but it doesn’t mean they’re fully matured. In the book Hamlet, it shows that Hamlet doesn't know how to handle and cope well with situations and ends up making it complicated. Hamlet who lost his father, Old Hamlet, grieves over his death and the fact his mother, Queen Gertrude, marries his father’s brother, Claudius a month after. It was just too much for him to handle. Hamlet feels resentful towards his Uncle Claudius because Hamlet should’ve been king, be on the throne and follow his father’s footstep. It upset him even more when he found out that his uncle was responsible for his father’s death. In act 1 scene 5, the ghost said “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown. " this quote talks about who was responsible for the death of old hamlet. Which sets the stage for Hamlet to plot is revenge on King Claudius. After being shipped to England by Claudius, you would think Hamlet would give up on his revenge. Hamlet liked Ophelia but he didn’t want to commit to her because