Carolyn Heilburn known for being a strong supporter of women rights sought to combat the sexism that women faced, by introducing these issues in her article “The Character of Hamlet’s Mother” (1957); Heilburn argues that the male scholars like the men of her time, viewed Gertrude as a character of little importance due to the fact that she was a woman. In order to get her point across Heilburn introduces opposing critics all of whom deem Gertrud as weak-minded and apply words with female connotations such as “frailty” to represent her “whole personality”. However, the opposing views strengthens Heilburn’s argument since she ends up shooting down their views, with a more refined interpretation of Gertrud’s character. Her main purpose in the
