Hamlet says this about Gertrude after she marries Cladius. He is dissapointed that his mother would be so frail as to marry so low beneath her, and in such a short time after her husbands death. He is disgusted with the show of love his mother puts on. He thinks she is pathetic for needing to be loved so much that she forgets her original husband, who she should be still devistated over. In this asspect I agree, I think Gertrude should have had better will power, but with alot of other things, I disagree! If women are so frail, why do they put up with having a baby? They give birth to a human beings, throuhg excruciating pain, and Hamlet calls them frail!
Of course, Hamlet also bashes men too, so I guess it's okay.
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Maybe Gertrude wasn't frail. Maybe she recognized that at that time in history she didn't have the skills and options to support herself in the big bad world. Maybe she really didn't love her first husband and really did love the new husband. Maybe Hamlet is an idiot who should have made sure that Gertrude was cared for and supported so she didn't need to make this early marriage.
ReplyDeleteWhy would she wonder about support? She was the queen! She had all the access to any amount of means.
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