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This 3 page paper uses the quotation “frailty thy name is woman” to examine Hamlet’s relationship with Ophelia. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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the phrase "Frailty thy name is woman" says about Hamlets relationship with Ophelia. Discussion The phrase actually does not apply directly to Ophelia; when Hamlet says: "... and yet, within
a month-- / Let me not think ont! Frailty, they name is woman!-- / A little month ... married with my uncle" (I.ii.145-151), hes talking about his mother, who married
his uncle shortly after her husbands death. The play is not clear as to exactly how much time has passed; its likely that Hamlet would disapprove of his mothers remarriage
no matter how long the time span between his fathers death and her wedding. But his extreme reaction is very strange. In the bizarre scene in which Hamlet confronts Gertrude,
he harps constantly on the sexual aspect of the marriage, talking about the king "paddling in your neck with his damnd fingers" (III.iv.185); and describing their lovemaking as being in
the "rank sweat" of an "enseamed bed" (III.iv.93); the word "enseamed" means "greasy." He goes on with this description in the next line, saying that the two are "Stewd in
corruption, honeying and making love / Over the nasty sty!" (III.iv.93-94). This description of sex as a disgusting and animalistic act makes the reader wonder why hes reacting so strongly.
Hamlet is a college student, and although no child wants to believe that their parents actually have sex, hes old enough to know that they do. His overreaction has led
some critics to consider that he and his mother might have an incestuous relationship. That seems like a stretch, but it is possible to put that construction on the text.
However, if it were true, then we would expect Shakespeare to have taken the play in a different direction. Perhaps the most logical conclusion is that Hamlet has a lot
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