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Hamlet

Hamlet (see estrangement #5 above) sees in his mother a manifestation of the premise that an unthinking woman, guided by her emotions, might through her actions inflict great stress upon men. At the same time, such a woman might unknowingly make it very difficult for such men to deal with that stress. The enormity of the stress that Gertrude puts upon Hamlet makes Hamlet develop a substantial resentment towards her. Since to Hamlet, Gertrude embodies the weaknesses of women in general, Hamlet's resentment towards Gertrude is also projected against women in general. Ordinarily, Hamlet would not greatly resent women, but since in this case they have cornered him into an extremely stressful situation, he becomes exasperated. In his state of stress, the petty resentments he might have previously harbored towards woman for their "mercurial" emotional nature turns into a full-fledged resentment or hatred. This explains why Hamlet berates Ophelia to the point of driving her insan!

e and towards her untimely death. Ophelia serves as a punching bag, representing women in general, which Hamlet attacks as an outlet for his general resentment of women. He also attacks her as an outlet in general for the tremen

murdering king, appears to be a somewhat kind, caring, and

commits suicide. Gertrude, the other woman in the play,

Hamlet kills innocent people such as Rosencratz,

10. That Hamlet, despite his desire to extract revenge against Claudius, is also actively looking for ways to relieve himself of the psychological pain that harboring his obsession causes him, even if seeking psychological refuge in such ways might mean giving up on the endeavor altogether.

possible repercussions that murder could have.After killing Polonius, Hamlet encounters Laertes,Polonius’ son. Laertes, knowing that Hamlet was responsible for Polonius’ death, attacks Hamlet. Hamlet cannot

upon, it still acts as a mask of his real self, an

nner that re-enforces the themes associated with Hamlet's response to his obsession. After all, they lead to the final assassination scene that re-enforces these themes.

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