Hamlet's Frailty, Thy Name Is Women

“Frailty, Thy name is women”, one of “Hamlet’s” most well known lines, when you think about it ; Is the name truly thy men? One of the main issues to be brung upon in “Hamlet” is how male-centered the viewpoint is. It is so build upon the one gender that it even displays male dominance throughout the whole book. For example (act three, scene two,1622) the conversation between Hamlet and Ophelia during the Mousetrap scene. Hamlet asks Ophelia can he lay in her lap, she simply says no and he reply with conversing about country matters. Ophelia then tells him, “ I think nothing, my lord” .The ending response for this conversation is, “ That's a fair thought to lie between maids legs”. When she says “ nothing” it mocks what is between maids legs; “ Nothing”. This portrays the male visualization of a womans sexual organs. Also this is showing how …show more content…
Gertrude is seen as a over sexual and incestuos woman for marring her ex-husband brother. (Act one, scene two, 1579) “She married. O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestous sheets!” is the reason she is view as that. By Gertrude marrying Claudius, she is committing incest which was prohibited in the Renaissance age. Also by her being married to him so quickly, it looks suspicious. When a woman becomes a widow according to canons they are suppose to mourn for at least a half of a year, which she doesid not. You are not able to participate in public events for at least one year, her getting married was not the best bet for that. The last rule is that you have black mourning garments, Gertrude response upon that to Hamlet was “ Cast thy knight color off” this is breaking one of the rules because you are suppose to wear black and only black. Also “ Not forever with thy vailed lids”, this means for him not to be sad ( Act one, scene