A tragedy is a kind of drama in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers some extreme sorrow, as a consequence of a tragic flaw. Most of the time a story only highlights the main character, and not the female counterpart that are almost always affected by their actions. In “Death of a Salesman,” by Arthur Miller, Linda Loman is the loving wife of Willy Loman, but she suffers through his lavish dreams and self-delusions. Also in “Hamlet,” by Shakespeare, Gertrude is a woman who is defined by her desire for station and affection, as well as by her tendency to use men to fulfill her instinct for self-preservation, making her extremely dependent on all the men in her life. Finally in “The Tortilla Curtain” by T.C Boyle, América Rincón is only a seventeen year old girl who runs away to the U.S after falling in…show more content… Hamlet is a scholar and a philosopher who is searching for life’s most abstract questions. Gertrude is more like a child who longs to be entertained and who only thinks about herself. She is very sexual, meaning that she relies heavily on her body and wit to get what she wants. Because of her sexuality it turns her own son against her, along with her marrying his dead fathers brother Claudius after such a short period of mourning. The ghost tells Hamlet more about the queen, “Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast,/ With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts,--/ O wicked wit, and gifts that have the power/ So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust/ The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen” (Shakespeare 1.5.42-5) This quote makes seem that Gertrude and Claudius were lovers before the death of Hamlet’s father, making Gertrude an adulteress. If this were so then it would be easy to assume that she was involved in the murder plot. But when Hamlet confronts her in the closet and announces all her crimes, he doesn’t imply that she has committed
