The opression of ophelia
Young adolescent girls are being faced with issues like sex, alcohol, religion, and school all at the same time. Today girls are relatively free to think through these issues, but for Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, there were few choices. Many restrictions were placed on women during the time in which “Hamlet” was set. Restrictions were placed on girls by their society and by the men in their lives. Males in Shakespeare had a very limited perception of females and often-misread women to tragic consequences. Even today, issues with men and acceptance have not completely evolved out of our culture. Girls are often compared to their peers and other girls around them. Many girls struggle with such pressure, like Ophelia, and take it out on themselves. More often than not the restrictions placed on developing women drove them to drastic measures. Throughout Shakespeare’s works, the roles were all played by men, including the female roles, thus making it hard for them to express the true emotions of a woman. The expression of the female roles were purely based on the perceptions of the men. The male perception of women in the Elizabethan Era was that a woman’s only good was for procreat
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Approximate Word count = 1538
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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