Topic > Misogynistic Relationships in Hamlet - 1632

Urges Ophelia to go to a convent rather than experience the corruption of sexuality. Hamlet blames the evil woman with whom he is intimately involved for his indecision between a man's power and ability to do good. He acts like it's strange for him not to be cruel to women. Another demonstration of his rudeness is his teasing of them. Knowing that Ophelia is obsessed and affectionate towards him, he taunts her. He purposely gave her false hope, right after telling her how stupid she is, telling her "Once I loved you" (3.1.114). Ironically, he then goes on to state the truth: that he never loved her, to which she reveals "I have been more deceived" (3.1.118). Now, having lost all patience, he orders her to go to a convent. He also tells her that he didn't love her and would have preferred not to be born. In the quote “accuse me of such things that it would have been better if my mother had not borne me” (3.1.120-121). This quote makes it clear that he is homosexual and will always continue to be so, stating that he would never rather exist than love a woman. He is even incapable of loving his mother as he once did. Throughout the story, he almost constantly complains and condemns her for being disloyal to her father, which only further proves to him that women are incapable of truly loving someone. On his deathbed, he maintains his homosexual nature and gives his haughty farewell to his mother: "Wretched queen, farewell!" (5.2.306) this perfectly highlights the division he had between the two sexes even on his deathbed Unmannerly vs.