Women In Hamlet's Soliloquy

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Hamlet’s negative view of women stems from his mother’s actions. In Hamlet’s soliloquy he says “O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourn’d longer-married with my uncle, My father’s brother-But no more like my father than I to Hercules” (I.ii.150-153) Hamlet also goes on to discuss his mother sleeping with his uncle and how much this upsets him, he talks about her “wicked speed” from crying at the funeral to jumping in bed with Claudius. After Hamlet talks to the ghost he has so much hatred for Gertrude because of her betrayal to King Hamlet; All Hamlet sees when he looks at his mother is her sexual intentions with Claudius and her lack of faithfulness and respect to his dead father.