What do I believe this criticism can teach us about Hamlet? To answer that I must first explain what feminist criticism does. It, “critiques patriarchal language and literature by exposing how these reflect masculine ideology. It examines gender politics in works and traces the subtle construction of masculinity and femininity, and their relative status, positionings, and marginalizations within works” (Micheal Delahoyde). In the play, it is clear that Ophelia is not at her own will, but that of her fathers. By using critics such as, Catharine Stimpson, Sharon Marcus, and Eve Sedgwick, I will show how Ophelia becomes a pawn to her father. Her father, who wishes to use her for his own
What do I believe this criticism can teach us about Hamlet? To answer that I must first explain what feminist criticism does. It, “critiques patriarchal language and literature by exposing how these reflect masculine ideology. It examines gender politics in works and traces the subtle construction of masculinity and femininity, and their relative status, positionings, and marginalizations within works” (Micheal Delahoyde). In the play, it is clear that Ophelia is not at her own will, but that of her fathers. By using critics such as, Catharine Stimpson, Sharon Marcus, and Eve Sedgwick, I will show how Ophelia becomes a pawn to her father. Her father, who wishes to use her for his own