Hamlet: Men And Women

The play by William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, clearly portrays how men and women are distinguished. In the book, the language being used sets the tone of characters towards the women. William Shakespeare's books have major events that usually involve the men, but the women are just there looking pretty. At the beginning of the play William Shakespeare foreshadows the major distinction between the two social groups, men and women. Women do not play a major role in his books. In this book in particular, the two women, Queen Gertrude and Ophelia, are not major characters. No one takes them into consideration when there are decisions to be made. The women in this story have no voice to speak or do as they please. . For instance, throughout the play women are depicted as weak and are often silenced, demonstrated as less than men. Essentially saying that women do not meet men's standards and that women can not withhold the same position as a man. …show more content…
Usually in a play there are two major roles played by a man and a women. In this particular play the women are subordinate characters to men. In other words, women were just there to obey any man who ordered them, In this case, it would be King Claudius, Hamlet and other men. Being a women in the Renaissance Era was not desirable. As a women, you were to act proper and do as you were told or ordered.. Shakespeare clearly demonstrates that with the way he averts the action from the women. You did not make your own decisions, without the consent of your husband or father. For example, in Hamlet, Queen Gertrude hardly ever spoke and when she did speak, Claudius always