Tuesday, November 5, 2013

4) Themes- Stereotypical sex roles

During act 1, Prince Hamlet learns that his mother has quickly remarried and the prince is repulsed by it. This leads him to begin fostering a hatred of all women. He sees them as corrupt and sex driven. His altered view of women makes him blind to everything but his contempt, setting them up for an even more controlled life. He sees women as basically as possible, believing they have no more to offer other than sex.

Personal reaction: I liked act one, and I'm curious to find out if the ghost really was King Hamlet. After seeing how cheerful Gertrude was, I wonder if she wanted King Hamlet dead too, and she might have helped kill him. This led me to wonder if there was some sort of affair that prompted the over throw of King Hamlet. I feel like the ghost's true identity is irrelevant and is there solely to symbolize the mysterious afterlife and to ask the question of what we believe, and how confident we are in our beliefs.

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