(Hamlet) Women
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- Created on: 24-02-19 10:03
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- Women
- Women as sinful
- 'with such dexterity to incestuous sheets'
- Sibilance creates a sinister effect + alludes to snake in the Garden of Eden
- 'unweeded garden'
- Garden of Eden (paradise is corrupted)
- In 1563, Elizabeth reminded the people of the rules of Leviticus and marriage
- Archbishop Parker ruled that marrying your sister-in-law was sinful
- 'Get thee to a nunnery - why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?'
- 'If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion - Have you a daughter?'
- Cutting 'c' alliteration creates a violent effect
- 'Carrion' could mean a crow (omen of death) or dead flesh.
- Hamlet associates female love ('kissing') with death
- 'dead dog' suggests loyalty leads to death OR counts for nothing
- Repetition of 'breed' suggests women are all sinners due to 'biological determinism'
- 'If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion - Have you a daughter?'
- 'with such dexterity to incestuous sheets'
- Women as victims
- 'let her not walk i'th'sun'
- 'If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion - Have you a daughter?'
- Cutting 'c' alliteration creates a violent effect
- 'Carrion' could mean a crow (omen of death) or dead flesh.
- Hamlet associates female love ('kissing') with death
- 'dead dog' suggests loyalty leads to death OR counts for nothing
- The 'sun' could represent God due to heavenly imagery
- It could also symbolise the king/'head' of state
- 'If the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a good kissing carrion - Have you a daughter?'
- 'chaste as ice, as pure as snow'
- Sinister sibilance suggests women are cold and slippery
- Juxtaposed with 'pure' which suggests women are victims of society
- 'snow' suggests female sins are covered by image of purity
- 'nymph' + 'mermaid-like'
- Imagery of temptress, luring men to their downfall
- Revenge Tragedy: Women begin strong but end weak
- The Renaissance was a time of rediscovering classical roots in Greek tragedies + latin studies
- 'And from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets spring'
- 'unweeded garden'
- Garden of Eden (paradise is corrupted)
- Violets are also weeds, suggesting even the loveliest things breed corruption
- Violets symbolise faithfulness but also sexual longing
- 'unweeded garden'
- 'let her not walk i'th'sun'
- Women as sinful
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