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How do I prove the females were not well-rounded, multi dimensional characters in Hamlet?
How can I prove that the females are not well-rounded, multi dimensional characters in the play Hamlet?
I need some points to support this. I'm writing an essay on how Shakespeare is a sexist in his play Hamlet.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I had a great answer to this question, but Yahoo said my answer was too long. So I'll just leave it at this:
The one "well-rounded" female was Fortune with her wheel and her round nave:
Out, out, thou strumpet, Fortune! All you gods,
In general synod 'take away her power;
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven,
As low as to the fiends!'
LORD POLONIUS
This is too long.
HAMLET
It shall to the barber's, with your beard.
Ophelia
They bore him barefaced on the bier;
Ophelia
O, how the wheel becomes it! It is the false
steward
Source(s): http://www.thyorisons.com/ Be All My Sins Remembered Essays on motifs, symbolism, & themes in Hamlet. - old ladyLv 71 decade ago
The thing is, there were no female actors in Shakespeare's day. All female roles were played by men. And so they were written for men to play - which means they were not well rounded multi dimensional characters because they were written for impersonation, not in-depth characterization
