Feminism Ophelia Hamlet

Aphelions struggles in the patriarchal society in which she lives and the loss of her identity as a whole, by non single her laminitis, exactly separate authorial males in her emotional state. d whiz stunned the beginning of the lean, Aphelia, is used as passably of a pawn by either the male effigys in her heart, emotionally, physically, and even for snub politics.Her lack of a capture figure and severe dependence on her flummox and brother, as well as other males, has literally taken by who she actually is, her opportunity to make and act on her own decisions. Aphelia is treated by her bewilder as if she is not nevertheless his daughter, merely his possession. When Aphelia first speaks to her father close to settlement, he states l do not know, my lord, what I should think, (1. 2). Polonium responds in an authoritative way, essentially attesting himself as the decision maker. When he states You do not understand yourself so clearly.. (l . 3), he attacks her c ompetence to handle herself. He goes on to say As it behooves my daughter and your extol(l . 3), making it clear that it would be in her go around interest to be invite con diversity to the set standards and how she acts and presents herself, reflects onto him as her father and as a member of the kings court. It is clear he doesnt c are for crossroads and ants his daughter to have nought to do with him, convincing her that she is nothing to him.. But, after hearing more ab divulge village acted towards her by grabbing her and just stare into her, he takes full advantage of the smear and instructs his daughter to behave according to his best interests, to get closer to the king, Claudia.Aphelia, living in a male dominated world, has over the years, anomic herself as a person, as a cleaning wo cosmos, doing things that she wouldnt normally do, such as be a part of her fathers visualize to expose Hamlets reason for his madness. During the time when the play was written, wom en were marginalia, often dewed as property, even with fathers and daughters. In that society a woman would be required to be a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, and dare not stray away from those approved roles that were placed upon them. Aphelia, growing up always being the dutiful daughter, obeys her fathers wishes and follows through with the plan.The pitfalls to being a dutiful daughter, in her case, is that she lost the one man that do her happy, her lover, not only says horrid remarks to her, yet breaks her down, and any little bit of reality she had was lost forever and a day. The hazards of being a dutiful daughter/mother/wife, are always present. in that location is the immediate consequences, then there are the ones that over time, as her character screams come on to the audience, being oneself becomes obsolete. Her brother, Alerter, who is going back to France, to a fault advises his sister to keep away from Hamlet.Expressing that Hamlet being a prince, would mar ry for the veracious of the state and due to the differences in class, Hamlet would not marry Aphelia. Alerter to a fault believes that Hamlet cares for her but loves her only for sexual need. Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting. (1. 3). Unfortunately, exposing another role a woman would face in a patriarchal society, sexual roles. He is overly concerned with her ethical name and family reputation, peradventure implying that she could get pregnant and he would run her, thus putting herself in a unacceptable role of a woman a woman with a past, forever branding her and the family name.Hamlet plays on her emotional strings. He has expressed his love for her and has given her gifts. The fulminant death of his father and finding out the reasons behind his death, as well as the disgust of his mother marrying so apace afterwards, molds Hamlet too man he has never been before untrusting, and very paranoiac close others close to him, and for very good reason. He took out hi s anger with his mother on all who love him. His only life line was Aphelia, the only one he thought of as truthful, or tried to make himself believe that she was, by grabbing her and observing her closely, as if he could go steady right through her.After her ultimate betrayal, by setting him up and lying to him about where her father was, she, cut off his life line. By doing so, he insults her, tells her that he loved her once, and belittles her to no end, until she is ambushed by so many an(prenominal) emotions, that she is left in total mental confusion and heartbreak. With her brother in France, Hamlet rejecting their relationship, Aphelia finds out ere father has been killed by Hamlet. She in a sense, is left alone, and cannot handle herself, without the direction of her father , brother and Hamlet.At this point its clear, Aphelia has gone altogether mad, Speaking very little, and if anything it is about her deceased father in chants and song. Now with the males in her li fe are gone, she has served her purpose in the story. She starts going down a down spiral and shortly thereafter, she commits suicide, or at least it was implied that she did, by drowning. In conclusion, although a small, seemingly insignificant character, Aphelia, not only provides the reader to the philanthropic ideals and patriarchal attitudes towards women.But also serves to be somewhat like a mirror to the audience, one by one, reflecting the characters straightforward self/intentions. Maybe being her save purpose in the story to produce her co-characters motive and who they really are in general. Polonium, her father, uses his daughter as some sort for property, for governmental gain and interest. Her brother, Alerter, again uses her for political reasons, somewhat, and to protect his name, uses her for the sake of his pride, and introduces sex, as Hamlets true goal with Aphelia.Then Hamlet himself, takes her on a reallocates of love/hate and confusion, labeling her as de vious and corrupt, he destroys her emotional being, rendering her all told helpless and incompetent to handle life on her own. This view was the norm at the time, that many men saw as being true, that a woman leave be nothing without a man but also fail to transact that without women men would hardly be anything as well, they need women, as shown in the play, to pursue in their own personal goals, whether financial, political or other. 1180