hamlet says,"frailty thy name is woman." What leads him to make this judgement?

Answer 1

Hamlet is angry that his mother, Gertrude, has married his uncle Claudius within a month of his father's death. The speech generalizes the attribution of weakness of character from one particular woman to womankind.Hamlet remains alone and broods, angry, most particularly, with his mother, not only with the speed of her remarriage and betrayal of his father, but by its incestuous nature.

He is alluding to the alleged inherent weakness of character of women

What leads him t this judgement besides the above is: "Get thee to a nunnery" women are not to be trusted, their make-up is evidence of their two faced personality.

"Brief as woman’s love" doubt and suspicion for Gertrude, her unfaithfulness and lust. love for Ophelia can she be trusted?

Answer 2

Frailty Thy Name Is Woman

Answer 3

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Not everything that Shakespeare's characters say are expressing Shakespeare's own opinions. His plays contain a great variety of men and women, who express a variety of differing opinions, not all of which can be presumed to be Shakespeare's own. And in this scene, Hamlet is expressing his bitterness at his mother Gertrude, who married her husband's brother only a month after her husband died. He is understandably upset about this. Wouldn't you be? In the Elizabethan era, women were generally considered to be spiritually weaker than men, and more prone to be led astray. However, Shakespeare's plays contain many female characters who are clever, witty, loyal in love etc, and who are very positive characters. He was expressing a commonly held view when he wrote 'frailty, thy name is woman' but not one that he necessarily held himself.

Answer 4

Shakespeare married a cougar! The lady was 10 yrs. older than him. She was 28. We really shouldn't judge a man on what he wrote. It's called fiction. We don't know too much about how he personally felt about women. What a person writes and how they live can be 100% different. You must also realize he ws restrained by the queen. She was the type who'd cut off your hand off if she didn't like what you published. He wrote Merry Wives of Windsor just for her.

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hamlet says,"frailty thy name is woman." What leads him to make this judgement?

Answer 6

The fact that women of the time were generally in poor shape, noble women would regularily faint at the drop of a hat...due to their constrictive clothing, but THEY didn't know that...that a woman couldn't defend herself without the assistance of a man...that women were (considered) barely human, and therefore inferior to man...

You may as well ask why the people of the time believed the world was flat... It is purely cultural, and the fact that anything more strenuous than a dance or an embroidery circle was strenuously discouraged. etc...

Answer 7

hamlet is upset with his mother's weakness by marrying his uncle and not following the proper yearly mourning and defying the church who refused to legally wed them (i think)

Answer 8

The fact that his mother was so weak that she had to marry her husband's brother after her husband died just so she wouldnt be alone and would still be queen. It is the worst insult he slings at his mother. Pax - C.

Answer 9

Because he views Gertrude (his mother) as too weak to stand up to his uncle's scheming.