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The Women in Hamlet are Weak and Morally Suspect: Discuss At the time that William Shakespeare composed his plays, women had no rights and their responsibilities were located in the home, raising children and keeping house. These views were reflected in many documents compiled by Shakespeare's contempories, and women were often depicted as a metaphor for weakness. However, Shakespeare crossed these stereotypical boundaries and provided his Elizabethan audience with a 'fresh' viewpoint regarding women, for example, in his play "Romeo and Juliet", despite the danger that she faces, Juliet defies her father's wishes and does what she believes to be right - following her heart and marrying Romeo. Another example of Shakespeare's unconventional attitude concerning women is found in his play "Macbeth", in which Lady Macbeth cunningly controls her husband and deceives him into murdering King Duncan. Nevertheless, in the play "Hamlet", the principal women, Ophelia and Gertrude, appear naïve and...

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