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GENDER IN HAMLET By Will and Joe

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GENDER What is Gender? Males and Females Sexism How is Gender portrayed in Hamlet? Sexism Sexual Appetite

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WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS THAT DEMONSTRATE THIS THEME? WHEN IS THIS THEME SHOWN IN THE TEXT? Hamlet- Look out your window mate Queen Gertrude - Sexual References Laertes - Keep away from my sister Hamlet

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'TIS SWEET AND COMMENDABLE IN YOUR NATURE, HAMLET, TO GIVE THESE MOURNING DUTIES TO YOUR FATHER. BUT YOU MUST KNOW YOUR FATHER LOST A FATHER, THAT FATHER LOST, LOST HIS, AND THE SURVIVOR BOUND IN FILIAL OBLIGATION FOR SOME TERM TO DO OBSEQUIOUS SORROW. BUT TO PERSEVER IN OBSTINATE CONDOLEMENT IS A COURSE OF IMPIOUS STUBBORNNESS. 'TIS UNMANLY GRIEF. IT SHOWS A WILL MOST INCORRECT TO HEAVEN, A HEART UNFORTIFIED, A MIND IMPATIENT, AN UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE AND UNSCHOOLED. What does this quote tell us about the theme? Claudius is also sexist

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I SHALL THE EFFECT OF THIS GOOD LESSON KEEP, AS WATCHMAN TO MY HEART. BUT, GOOD MY BROTHER, DO NOT, AS SOME UNGRACIOUS PASTORS DO, SHOW ME THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY TO HEAVEN; WHILES, LIKE A PUFF'D AND RECKLESS LIBERTINE, HIMSELF THE PRIMROSE PATH OF DALLIANCE TREADS, AND RECKS NOT HIS OWN REDE. What does this quote tell us about the theme? Ophelia is offended by sexist remarks

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JOHN MARSDENS HAMLET SHOWS US THAT John Marsdens Hamlet shows us that sexism was around before our time and that people have been discriminated against for a long time. John Marsdens Hamlet shows us that different genders can be discriminated against for many different reasons.

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REFERENCES http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/gender-quotes.html on the 23/10/2014 at 5:28 http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/gender-quotes.html