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If we were to assume that Shakespeare’s depiction of Gertrude and Ophelia represents Shakespeare’s view of women, what strengths and weaknesses would he ascribe to women?
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If we were to assume that Shakespeare's depiction of Gertrude and Ophelia represents Shakespeare's view of women, what strengths and weaknesses would he ascribe to women? Hamlet being one of Shakespeare's most famous plays has only two women characters, Ophelia and Gertrude. Gertrude, who was Hamlet's mother, and Ophelia who was Hamlet's love, played a very significant role in Hamlet, because they helped shape the characters. In the time period that Shakespeare lived in, women were not allowed onto the stage and they had very little to no rights. If it was assumed that Shakespeare's depiction of Gertrude and Ophelia represent his view on women then a reflection would be seen of the idea that women were as powerless as they were in Elizabethan times, however both Ophelia and Gertrude both have redeeming qualities as well numerous weaknesses. Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius and the sister to Laertes, is the most one-dimensional...
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