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Examine how Shakespeare chooses to present the female characters in Hamlet When reading 'Hamlet' it is clear that Shakespeare portrays women as weak objects that men use for their own purposes. Women are portrayed to be useless and dependant on men where as men are seen as dependant and can take care of themselves. Throughout 'Hamlet', the opinions of female characters are often defined by the actions of male characters, so the viewer tends to get a one sided view of what the female characters are like. For example, Polonius thinks his daughter, Ophelia is property, and commands her to do things for him, which she does without hesitation. When this was written, at the end of the Elizabethan era, this treatment of women would appeared to have been seen as acceptable, however, modern day audiences would interpret this differently, as it would almost certainly be seen as degrading...

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