![]() Hamlet is disgusted with Gertrude’s quick marriage to Claudius which he views as morally wrong and describes as “most wicked speed, to post/with such dexterity to incestuous sheets” (I.2.156-157) and “an act/that blurs the grace and blush of modesty” (III.4.41-42). Hamlet views Gertrude and Ophelia as deceiving and being defined by their morals. Hamlet views both women by their morals and Shakespeare depicts both Gertrude and Ophelia as dependent on men. Gertrude and Ophelia share similarities in both Hamlet’s view of them and in Shakespeare’s description of them. ![]() In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the only two women in the play are Hamlet’s mother Gertrude and Hamlet’s love interest Ophelia.
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