Even on her arrival instead of confronting the issue of Susies death she orders for a “Stiff Drink”. Her hardened character may be related to her selfishness as a character however it may also relate to how she has to be a strong person to be the calm party throughout the novel. Her selfishness was more apparent at the beginning of the play upon her arrival where she is more concerned about her appearance, her efforts to maybe boost her own vanity and the way she picks at her daughter gaining weight or the children not wearing make-up could show how she pushes at the others to make herself feel better. Contrary to this point, Grandma Lynn changes to be a more caring and understanding character, the slow transition from her selfish outset to the more
She explicitly agrees not to see Hamlet upon her fathers’ behest: “I shall obey my lord” (1.3.136). Ophelia reaction shows that Polonius truly has control over her; she sacrificed all her feelings for Hamlet just so that she can please her father. Ophelia’s thoughts and actions show what a weak person she is. When Hamlet slanders her and implies that she is no better than a prostitute, Ophelia does not defend herself even at Hamlets mockery, but after he is gone she pities herself:
Claudius and Gertrude’s love relationship is seen as incest by Hamlet, while Horatio and Hamlet’s friendship is a good friendship because Horatio is someone that Hamlet trust and can depend on for anything. Hamlet and Ophelia’s relationship is one that is not accepted by her family because Hamlet is from royalty and Ophelia is not and because of this Polonius warns Ophelia about Hamlet. To everyone it seems as if Hamlet is just using Ophelia for sexual pleasure and nothing more. “Tis told me he hath very oft late/ Given private time to you, and you yourself/ Have of your audience been most free and/ Bounteous. If it be so (as so’tis put on me, / And that in way of caution), I must tell you/ You do not understand yourself so clearly/ As it behooves my daughter and your honor.”(I, iii, 99-106) Even Ophelia’s brother and father warn her about Hamlet, and how he may be using her but she does not listen because she is in love with Hamlet and does not believe he would use her.
“Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, ‘Two may keep counsel, putting one away’?” (2.5.185-186). By allowing and even helping Juliet to keep her marriage from her parents, the nurse digs them both into a bigger hole with each lie that passes her lips and every time she helps Romeo and Juliet instead of going to the parents. Had she told the truth the deaths of the young lovers could have easily been avoided, but the Nurse continued to feed people disinformation. In Juliet’s most time of need, she goes on to say “(Romeo) Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye As Paris hath.”(3.5.222-223).
This is for all: I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth Have you so slander any moment leisure As to give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet. Look to't, I charge you. Come your ways. “(1.3.135-144) Ophelia is in love with Hamlet, but it isn’t accepted in her family because her father Polonius and brother Laertes thinks he is a bad influence on her since he is a King and they think all the King wants is to use her for her body and not truly love her. Polonius orders Ophelia to listen to him and not speak to Hamlet.
Strong women are always to be admired and this is especially true in a society that does not grant women the same freedoms women experience in the twenty-first century. Dorine and Mariane in Molires play, Tartuffe, represent extremely strong women because they are speaking out against customs that hinder women in many ways. Dorine has an opinion about everything and she is not the least bit inhibited to express those opinions. It is her fierceness that moves her to speak out Orgons ridiculous idea to see Mariane marry Tartuffe. She simply will not let the matter rest and it is her persistence that allows Mariane to realize that she does not and should not have to marry Tartuffe when she is in love with another man.
Grandma’s Personality In the short story, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”, we find that Grandma, one of the main characters, aids in the death of herself and her family because of her own superior and conceited self. Grandma can be interpreted in many different ways, but I believe the strongest way to interpret her is that she is a woman who thinks highly of herself. Her actions are for her own personal gain and not considering other people’s feelings or thoughts. Throughout the story there are many scenes in which Grandma exhibits her superiority and self-conceit. The superiority and conceitedness of Grandma is portrayed at the very beginning of the story where the narrator gives us in detail what she is wearing.
Showing that she would be even more of a man if she were him, thus forcing him to slowly leave his conscience aside and do what his wife has told him. She also presents herself as a cruel and evil character when she says, “That which hath made them drunk hath made be bold” shows that she is guiltless and not worried about the consequences of her actions. And Despite all that her husband is saying in this scene about this guild Lady Macbeth somehow remains adequately hardened to the deed that she has done and even goes on in this scene to make several horrific and ironic comments, which is believably since it is coming from her cunning mind. But I would say that just by looking at this scene I can tell that lady Macbeth is a cold and Two-faced woman who will go through life-threatening things to achieve what she
Her lack of identity and foundation negatively influences Hamlet such that he is also found lacking of the same. While it may not be completely necessary, since he is older, there still needs to be a little tie between a sturdy, knowledgeable, intelligent mother and his own life. When the queen acts as stubbornly as she does, and sees no wrong in the virtually adulterous acts which she has committed, it leads Hamlet to realize what he grew up with, a heartless witch. In the "Explanation of Hamlet's Madness" as published in the American Journal of Psychology, Ernest Jones examines Hamlet's reactions and emotions concerning his mother. He explains that while the actual event of his mother's second marriage isn't necessarily the direct cause of Hamlet's madness, "it must be because the news has awakened into activity some slumbering memory, which is so painful that it may not become conscious" (Jones 93).
Independence for women in Elizabethan times was not important; they were known to be frail and weak. Shakespeare contradicts the perceived views of women in the 16th century through his portrayal of women in The Merchant of Venice. The female characters are courageous and strong willed; they display this through their thoughts and decisions during the difficult situations they are put in. It was common in the 16th century for fathers to choose who their precious daughters will marry. With that being said, the women generally would not have any say in who they may marry.