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Negative Portrayal Of Women In Hamlet

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The first negative portrayal of women is displayed by Hamlet towards his own mother when he finds out she marries her husband's brother, Claudius, two months after his death. Claudius murders the king and distorted the queen. Even though she did not kill the king, Hamlet mistreats his mother and targets her for the evil act of Claudius. The way Hamlet treats his mother shows that he does not only disrespectful her, but uses her as an example to treat all women negatively. Hamlet says, ¨As if increase of appetite had grown, By what it fed on. And yet, within a month (let me not think on´t; frailty, thy name's women!)....O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets! (I.II.160).” He blames her sexual desires as the reason
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