William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, revolves around revenge. Hamlet seeks retribution for his father’s death. His uncle, King Claudius, kills the old king and took his wife. Hamlet achieves this by feigning craziness and eventually killing Claudius and everyone else who got in his way. Besides Gertrude only one other woman appears in the play. The other woman of the play is Ophelia, daughter of Polonius. He is one of the King's most trusts men. Ophelia loves Hamlet which was forbidden since Hamlet gets labeled as crazy. Since Ophelia and Gertrude are similar as they are both being used by the men in the play and are not well respected by Hamlet; yet, they also have many differences such as their love for Hamlet and how they handle their emotions. One similarity between the two women would be how they are using them as pawns to the King and to
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They handle these losses completely differently. Gertrude handles her emotions well moving on with her life and remarrying in a short amount of time. Gertrude’s moving on can be proven when the author says, “Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not forever with thy vailèd lids seek for thy noble father in the dust. Thou know’st ’tis common. All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity” (Shakespeare.1.2.78-74). Gertrude is telling Hamlet how he needs to move on from his father's death because it was bound to happen eventually. Ophelia is not so good at handling her emotions. Soon after her father passes on she goes insane. This is proven when Ophelia says, “Well, God'ield you! They say the owl was a baker’s daughter. Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. God be at your table” (Shakespeare.4.5.47-48). This is one of the many times in Act 5 when Ophelia talks nonsense. She loses her mind enough that she ends up falling into a river and drowns
They handle these losses completely differently. Gertrude handles her emotions well moving on with her life and remarrying in a short amount of time. Gertrude’s moving on can be proven when the author says, “Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not forever with thy vailèd lids seek for thy noble father in the dust. Thou know’st ’tis common. All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity” (Shakespeare.1.2.78-74). Gertrude is telling Hamlet how he needs to move on from his father's death because it was bound to happen eventually. Ophelia is not so good at handling her emotions. Soon after her father passes on she goes insane. This is proven when Ophelia says, “Well, God'ield you! They say the owl was a baker’s daughter. Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. God be at your table” (Shakespeare.4.5.47-48). This is one of the many times in Act 5 when Ophelia talks nonsense. She loses her mind enough that she ends up falling into a river and drowns