No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet: Act 1, Scene 2, Page 6 No Fear Shakespeare Home → No Fear Shakespeare → Hamlet → Act 1, Scene 2, Page 6 Hamlet That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.—Heaven and earth, Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on, and yet, within a month— Let me not think on ’t. Frailty, thy name is woman!— A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she followed my poor father’s body, Like Niobe, all tears. Why she, even she— O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason Would have mourned longer!—married with my uncle, My father’s brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules. Within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her gallèd eyes, She married. O most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not nor it cannot come to good, But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.

Oh God, do I have to remember that? She would hang on to him, and the more she was with him the more she wanted to be with him; she couldn’t get enough of him. Yet even so, within a month of my father’s death (I don’t even want to think about it. Oh women! You are so weak!), even before she had broken in the shoes she wore to his funeral, crying like crazy—even an animal would have mourned its mate longer than she did!—there she was marrying my uncle, my father’s brother, who’s about as much like my father as I’m like Hercules. Less than a month after my father’s death, even before the tears on her cheeks had dried, she remarried. Oh, so quick to jump into a bed of incest! That’s not good, and no good can come of it either. But my heart must break in silence, since I can’t mention my feelings aloud. Enter HORATIO, MARCELLUS, and BARNARDO HORATIO, MARCELLUS, and BARNARDO enter. 160 Frailty, thy name is woman - eNotes Shakespeare Quotes Frailty, thy name is woman Hamlet: Must I remember?

Why, she would hang on him As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on, and yet, within a month— Let me not think on't—Frailty, thy name is woman!— Read on Owl Eyes This eText is now on Owl Eyes. Clicking this link will open a new window. Hamlet, in his first soliloquy, recalls tender scenes between his mother, Queen Gertrude, and her deceased husband. What irks Hamlet is that, after his mother had seemed so sexually dependent on the old king, she could turn around within a month of his death and marry her brother-in-law Claudius, who, Hamlet claims, is "no more like my father/ Than I to Hercules" (lines 152–153) and compares to his father as "Hyperion to a satyr" (line 140)—as the sun-god to a deformed goat-man. To Hamlet, his mother is the archetypal woman.

Her incestuous inconstancy moves him to exclaim, "Frailty, thy name is woman!" It's not so much that Hamlet is a misogynist as that his mother's sexuality has poisoned his own, as we shall see in his relations to Ophelia [see GET THEE TO A NUNNERY ]. Frailty Thy Name Is Woman Frailty Thy Name Is Woman What does the line, "Frailty thy name is woman," in Act 1 of Hamlet mean and how might it foreshadow events to come? Asked on dbralexander | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Adjunct Educator Posted on December 4, 2007 at 10:52 PM In Shakespeare's plays in general, female characters in the comedies are the protagonists, the stronger, clever ones. In the tragedies, they are the weaker characters, the frail ones (there's a topic for an essay: what is Shakespeare suggesting about life in general by this conceit? Was Shakespeare the first feminist in English literature?).

In Hamlet Act I, Hamlet is speaking directly about his mother whose "O'erhasty marriage" offends him to his core and causes him to think her frail, or weak in all regards. It most directly foreshadows Ophelia's betrayal of Hamlet in Act III. "Where's your father?" \ "At home, my lord". Hamlet knows he is being watched and he confronts Ophelia. In her moment of truth, she decides to side with her father (somewhat understandable considering Hamlet's treatment of her for the previous two acts). But in Hamlet's eyes, this is just one more betrayal by one more frail woman: "Frailty, thy name is woman." Sources: Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married. Spiritually she is frail because (in Hamlet's mind, as are all these judgments) she has committed an unforgivable sin by marrying Claudius. Physically she is "frail" because she is a woman and less strong and robust than a man, though this obviously is the least of Hamlet's concerns.

If you could do some research on this Renaissance idea of women, it would help you to explain Gertrude's "frailness" and round out your paper. I've included a link below to get you started. The line about frailty might be said to foreshadow coming events because, with Hamlet's emphasis on frailty, he is proved to be himself frail by his own inability to understand the nature of the Ghost (Is it his father's true ghost or a demon sent from hell to ensnare him in evil?) and his inability to understand the role of revenge regicide (king killing; Claudius is now King) in a Protestant Prince's royal role and personal choices. These inabilities preventing coming to an understanding of complex events around him is what causes his famous inaction, hesitation, indecision. It also might be said to foreshadow the frailty shown later by Ophelia when she is dumbfounded and driven to madness by the combination of complex events around her that she is unable to understand starting with Hamlet's strange behavior and ending with Hamlet's blind-sighted murder of her father, Polonius.

Sources: Hamlet (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Frailty Thy Name Is Woman You will receive an email shortly to confirm your email address. Hamlet (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Frailty Thy Name Is Woman title details and video sharing options now playing Hamlet (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Frailty Thy Name Is Woman Act one, scene two, in which king Polonius (Anthony Hopkins) marks his ascent and marriage to widowed queen Gertrude (Judy Parfitt), and addresses her son, his nephew, (Nicol Williamson, title role), who is not yet sure who killed his father, in Tony Richardson's 1969 production of Hamlet. View the TCMDb entry for Hamlet (1969) share video Hamlet (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Frailty Thy Name Is... From act one, scene two, in which new king Polonius (Anthony...

Hamlet (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Frailty Thy Name Is Woman Act one, scene two, in which king Polonius (Anthony Hopkins) marks his ascent and marriage to widowed queen Gertrude (Judy Parfitt), and addresses her son, his nephew, (Nicol Williamson, title role), who is not yet sure who killed his father, in Tony Richardson's 1969 production of Hamlet. > Hamlet (1969) -- (Movie Clip) There Are More... Minimal but freaky treatment by director Tony Richardson as... Hamlet (1969) -- (Movie Clip) There Are More Things In Heaven And Earth Minimal but freaky treatment by director Tony Richardson as the prince, Nicol Williamson (title role), encounters his father's ghost (Williamson's own voice, effected), Gordon Jackson and John Carney his cowering friends Horatio and Marcellus, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1969.> SparkNotes: Hamlet: Important Quotations Explained Important Quotations Explained O that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!

Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on’t! O fie! ’tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead!—nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on: and yet, within a month,— Let me not think on’t,—Frailty, thy name is woman!— A little month; or ere those shoes were old With which she followed my poor father’s body Like Niobe, all tears;—why she, even she,— O God!

a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn’d longer,—married with mine uncle, My father’s brother; but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month; Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married:— O, most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it cannot come to good; But break my heart,—for I must hold my tongue. This quotation, Hamlet’s first important soliloquy, occurs in Act I, scene ii (129–158). Hamlet speaks these lines after enduring the unpleasant scene at Claudius and Gertrude’s court, then being asked by his mother and stepfather not to return to his studies at Wittenberg but to remain in Denmark, presumably against his wishes.

Here, Hamlet thinks for the first time about suicide (desiring his flesh to “melt,” and wishing that God had not made “self-slaughter” a sin), saying that the world is “weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable.” In other words, suicide seems like a desirable alternative to life in a painful world, but Hamlet feels that the option of suicide is closed to him because it is forbidden by religion. Hamlet then goes on to describe the causes of his pain, specifically his intense disgust at his mother’s marriage to Claudius. He describes the haste of their marriage, noting that the shoes his mother wore to his father’s funeral were not worn out before her marriage to Claudius. He compares Claudius to his father (his father was “so excellent a king” while Claudius is a bestial “satyr”).

As he runs through his description of their marriage, he touches upon the important motifs of misogyny, crying, “Frailty, thy name is woman”; incest, commenting that his mother moved “[w]ith such dexterity to incestuous sheets”; and the ominous omen the marriage represents for Denmark, that “[i]t is not nor it cannot come to good.” Each of these motifs recurs throughout the play. 2. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion’d thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch’d, unfledg’d comrade. Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice: Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy: For the apparel oft proclaims the man; And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous chief in that.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all,—to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. This famous bit of fatherly advice is spoken by Polonius to Laertes shortly before Laertes leaves for France, in Act I, scene iii (59–80). Polonius, who is bidding Laertes farewell, gives him this list of instructions about how to behave before he sends him on his way. His advice amounts to a list of clichés. Keep your thoughts to yourself; do not act rashly; treat people with familiarity but not excessively so; hold on to old friends and be slow to trust new friends; avoid fighting but fight boldly if it is unavoidable; be a good listener; accept criticism but do not be judgmental; maintain a proper appearance; do not borrow or lend money; and be true to yourself.

This long list of quite normal fatherly advice emphasizes the regularity of Laertes’ family life compared to Hamlet’s, as well as contributing a somewhat stereotypical father-son encounter in the play’s exploration of family relationships. It seems to indicate that Polonius loves his son, though that idea is complicated later in the play when he sends Reynaldo to spy on him. 3. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. This line is spoken by Marcellus in Act I, scene iv (67), as he and Horatio debate whether or not to follow Hamlet and the ghost into the dark night. The line refers both to the idea that the ghost is an ominous omen for Denmark and to the larger theme of the connection between the moral legitimacy of a ruler and the health of the state as a whole. The ghost is a visible symptom of the rottenness of Denmark created by Claudius’s crime. 4.

I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire,—why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? In these lines, Hamlet speaks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act II, scene ii (287–298), explaining the melancholy that has afflicted him since his father’s death.

Perhaps moved by the presence of his former university companions, Hamlet essentially engages in a rhetorical exercise, building up an elaborate and glorified picture of the earth and humanity before declaring it all merely a “quintessence of dust.” He examines the earth, the air, and the sun, and rejects them as “a sterile promontory” and “a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.” He then describes human beings from several perspectives, each one adding to his glorification of them. Human beings’ reason is noble, their faculties infinite, their forms and movements fast and admirable, their actions angelic, and their understanding godlike. But, to Hamlet, humankind is merely dust. This motif, an expression of his obsession with the physicality of death, recurs throughout the play, reaching its height in his speech over Yorick’s skull. Finally, it is also telling that Hamlet makes humankind more impressive in “apprehension” (meaning understanding) than in “action.” Hamlet himself is more prone to apprehension than to action, which is why he delays so long before seeking his revenge on Claudius. 5.

To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?—To die,—to sleep,— No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to,—’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die,—to sleep;— To sleep: perchance to dream:—ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?

who would these fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death,— The undiscover’d country, from whose bourn No traveller returns,—puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. This soliloquy, probably the most famous speech in the English language, is spoken by Hamlet in Act III, scene i (58–90). His most logical and powerful examination of the theme of the moral legitimacy of suicide in an unbearably painful world, it touches on several of the other important themes of the play. Hamlet poses the problem of whether to commit suicide as a logical question: “To be, or not to be,” that is, to live or not to live. He then weighs the moral ramifications of living and dying.

Is it nobler to suffer life, “[t]he slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” passively or to actively seek to end one’s suffering? He compares death to sleep and thinks of the end to suffering, pain, and uncertainty it might bring, “[t]he heartache, and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to.” Based on this metaphor, he decides that suicide is a desirable course of action, “a consummation / Devoutly to be wished.” But, as the religious word “devoutly” signifies, there is more to the question, namely, what will happen in the afterlife. Hamlet immediately realizes as much, and he reconfigures his metaphor of sleep to include the possibility of dreaming; he says that the dreams that may come in the sleep of death are daunting, that they “must give us pause.” He then decides that the uncertainty of the afterlife, which is intimately related to the theme of the difficulty of attaining truth in a spiritually ambiguous world, is essentially what prevents all of humanity from committing suicide to end the pain of life.

He outlines a long list of the miseries of experience, ranging from lovesickness to hard work to political oppression, and asks who would choose to bear those miseries if he could bring himself peace with a knife, “[w]hen he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?” He answers himself again, saying no one would choose to live, except that “the dread of something after death” makes people submit to the suffering of their lives rather than go to another state of existence which might be even more miserable. The dread of the afterlife, Hamlet concludes, leads to excessive moral sensitivity that makes action impossible: “conscience does make cowards of us all . . . thus the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought.” In this way, this speech connects many of the play’s main themes, including the idea of suicide and death, the difficulty of knowing the truth in a spiritually ambiguous universe, and the connection between thought and action. In addition to its crucial thematic content, this speech is important for what it reveals about the quality of Hamlet’s mind. His deeply passionate nature is complemented by a relentlessly logical intellect, which works furiously to find a solution to his misery.

He has turned to religion and found it inadequate to help him either kill himself or resolve to kill Claudius. Here, he turns to a logical philosophical inquiry and finds it equally frustrating. More Help Hamlet: Top 8 Quotes Explained | Study Help | CliffsNotes Top 8 Quotes Explained Bookmark this page Manage My Reading List "That it should come to this!" (Act I, Scene II) What does it mean? Just after speaking to his mother Gertrude and uncle (and step-father) King Claudius, Hamlet has his first of five soliloquies. When Hamlet exclaims, "[t]hat it should come to this," he'd just finished describing how the world has gone to fodder. Then Hamlet goes on to say how he cannot believe his mother would marry his father's brother (i.e., Hamlet's uncle). This quote shows Hamlet's fury and shock at his mother's remarriage. In Hamlet's mind, the world is in chaos and the remarriage is the apex of things spiraling out of control. Soliloquies allow the audience to see into a character's inner thoughts.

The soliloquy as a whole belays the reasons for Hamlet's initial deep melancholy and confusion that persists for much of the play. "Frailty, thy name is woman!" (Act I, Scene II) What does it mean? Hamlet is still speaking in his first of five soliloquies. The "woman" he specifically refers to is his mother. Hamlet felt she was weak, or not strong enough to mourn his father longer. Hamlet goes on further to say that not even an animal or beast, who has no reasoning skills, would have abandoned the mourning so quickly. All in all, this shows how angry and confused Hamlet is by his mother's remarriage. "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." (Act I, Scene III) What does it mean? Here Polonius is giving his son, Laertes , sound advice before Laertes returns to Paris. Polonius is really saying loaning money to other people is dangerous. Often, people don't pay you back and you use a friend because of the failed transaction.

On the flip side, it is distasteful to borrow money because it is impolite and usually indicates you are living outside of your means. "This above all: to thine own self be true." (Act I, Scene III) What does it mean? Again, Polonius is doling out sage advice to his son, Laertes. Simply put, Polonius is telling his son "be yourself." In the context of the play, Polonius is also telling Laertes to be a gentleman and not "false to any man" (line 80). Overall, Polonius's advice helps reveals a theme of irony that threads throughout the play. Neither Polonius nor Laertes heeds the advice that Polonius gives in this scene, and both perish due to their lack of adherence. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." (Act I, Scene IV) What does it mean? At the end of Scene IV, a guard, Marcellus, says these famous words to Horatio . After Hamlet follows the ghost, Marcellus and Horatio know they have to follow as well, because Hamlet is acting so impulsively.

Marcellus's words are remarking on how something evil and vile is afoot. This moment could be interpreted as foreshadowing of the impending deaths of most of the principle characters. "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't." (Act II, Scene II) What does it mean? At this point of the play, Hamlet and Polonius are interacting onstage, but this quote is technically spoken by Polonius to the audience, in an aside. What Polonius is saying is that, even though Hamlet is talking crazy, it actually makes sense, or it has a "method." Polonius's assertion is ironic because he is right and wrong. Polonius believes Hamlet is acting "mad" because Hamlet's love of Ophelia has driven him to such. While Polonius is correct to think that there is reason behind Hamlet's actions, he is incorrect as to the cause. Hamlet is purposefully acting mad to disguise his true mission to avenge his father's murder. "To be, or not to be: that is the question." (Act III, Scene I) What does it mean?

As one of Shakespeare 's all-time famous quotes, Hamlet's words have stood the test of time and are often quoted even today in both academia and pop culture. In the beginning of his fourth, and best known, soliloquy Hamlet muses about the conundrum of suicide. He wonders if one route is "nobler" than the next. At this point in the play, Hamlet has been unable to act upon his motives for personal revenge, and this frustrates him. Which is better, suffering as he has been or ending it all? The tone of Hamlet's soliloquy is more meditative than angry, but he does seriously consider suicide. He relates his personal struggle to the struggles that all of mankind shares. Given that you don't know what happens after you die, Hamlet realizes that death wouldn't be the ideal escape he craves. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." (Act III, Scene II) What does it mean? Hamlet's mother, Queen Gertrude, says this famous line while watching The Mousetrap. Gertrude is talking about the queen in the play.

She feels that the play-queen seems insincere because she repeats so dramatically that she'll never remarry due to her undying love of her husband. The play-queen, in fact, does remarry. It is unclear whether Gertrude recognizes the parallel between herself and the play-queen; Hamlet certainly feels that way. This moment has an irony that is shown throughout the play. Frailty Thy Name Is Woman Free Essays Frailty Thy Name Is Woman Gertrude. Hamlet has condemned all womankind, based only on the actions of these two women, stating that the female gender is weak. Gertrude is actually the... inspiration of one of the most significative lines of the play “Frailty, thy name is woman!” (I, ii, 146).Hamlet refers to “frailty” as a synonym of weakness, or it can be as well referred to someone who can be “easily damaged”. Due to his situation, he has all the right to be mad at his mother and Ophelia. Both, Gertrude and Ophelia are frail, but...

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19th century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Childbirth 1901 Words | 5 Pages Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman - Comparison of Hermia and Helena from William Shakespeare's 'the Midsummer Night's Dream' LOGO_UMCS_S_szarosci_RGB UNIWERSYTET MARII CURIE-SKŁODOWSKIEJ W LUBLINIE Lublin 2012 Praca licencjacka napisana pod kierunkiem dr Ewy Paneckiej... ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ – a comparative study of Hermia and Helena from William Shakespeare’s ‘The Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Kierunek: Filologia Specjalno­ść: Filologia angielska Justyna Chmielewska nr albumu: 05248155 Wydział Humanistyczny Table of content: Introduction ………………………………………………………………………… 3 Chapter 1 ……………………………………………………………………………... A Midsummer Night's Dream, First Folio, Helena 7640 Words | 22 Pages no name the THEME: Setting Foreshadowing Characterization Conflict Point of View/Narration Flashback Tone 4.

Complete the attached outline 5. Write a first... draft 6. Peer-edit and revise 7. Write a final draft!  Name _____________________ Block ___ Outline for MYP Short Story Essay A. Introduction 1. Hook to grab attention (about something related to story or theme): “A Sound of Thunder” takes place in a futuristic setting in a world where time travel was... Essay, Fiction, Future 547 Words | 3 Pages Name or earthen pot, adorned with small neem branches and turmeric, vermilion (kunkum) or Kadi (white chalk) and a lamp on the top. Women place the pots on their... heads and take it to Goddess temple, led by drummers and dancing men. Goddess temples have names such as Mysamma, Pochamma, Yellamma, Pedamma, Dokkalamma, Ankalamma, Poleramma, Maremma, Pochamme, Maramma, Yellammma, Nookalamma etc. and are decorated with special illumination buntings and festoons. | Origin of Bonalu festival The festival history...

Bonalu, Goddess, Golkonda 834 Words | 3 Pages No Name want their customer feel safety when they driving Mazda product on the road. Third point is the brand has gain strong global recognition; this will help them... to increase the sales. Mazda 6 has won numerous awards over 27 countries and Mazda Demio was name 2008 World Car of the year, this reason make many people know about the brand of Mazda, because this all news will be going out by the channel like newspaper, TV, or website, this all channel will help them to promote the Mazda brand, give other people... Automobile, Function, Market segmentation 1569 Words | 4 Pages uniqueness in names English 118-1884 Name essay 4/25 Uniqueness In Names... Names are the single most important things in a person’s life. They can dictate your whole life, from the relationships you develop to the opportunities in life that you are offered. A person with a unique/different name may not make friends as easily and may not be as social because of the shame of having a different name. The drama that comes with unique names is a lot to handle...

Family name, Given name, Guru Gobind Singh 2076 Words | 9 Pages Godly Woman FACTOR – GO AND DO IT!!!!!!!! A woman of beauty, a woman of grace a woman of excellence. She walks with the lord... with integrity knowing her purpose and destiny. No matter what happens she walks in God’s love reflecting the beauty of the father above. A woman of compassion for the ones in the dark those that do not know God and have darkness in their hearts .A woman that will never compromise the faith with what the world may offer but will keep the narrow way .A woman who loves Jesus and follows him... Christianity, God, God in Christianity 1035 Words | 3 Pages A Woman Love for a Man after learning of her husband’s death. B. In “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, the line I prize thy love more than mines of gold tells us that... she values their love very much. A WOMAN’S LOVE FOR A MAN As every woman is an individual with distinct characteristics so too will her feelings towards her husband are uniquely expressed. There are husbands who try to control their wives so much that the woman cannot freely follow does their own will.

Then there are those who are devoted to their wives... Edgar Allan Poe, Fiction, Husband 1201 Words | 4 Pages Marked Woman MARKED WOMAN BY: DEBORAH TANNIN Deborah Tannin, the author of this essay is a professor of linguistics at georgetown university and has... written many books for scholarly and popular audiences. She explains the meaning of the word "marked", and how it distinguishes the male from the female She wrote this essay in 1993 and is different from her usual work. This essay focusses on the differences between how the men and the women present themselves in front of the world and what distinguishes them... Black-and-white films, Female, Gender 1031 Words | 3 Pages Literary Analysis of No Name Woman ﻿A short literary analysis of Maxine Kingston's classic “No Name Woman” As part of the first generation of... Chinese-Americans, Maxine Hong Kingston writes about her struggle to distinguish her cultural identity through an impartial analysis of her aunt’s denied existence. In “No Name Woman,” a chapter in her written memoirs, Kingston analyzes the possible reasons behind her disavowed aunt’s dishonorable pregnancy and her village’s subsequent raid upon her household.

And with a bold statement... Chinese culture, Culture of China, Family 6141 Words | 15 Pages Hamlet - Role of Woman Role of Woman In Shakespeare's Hamlet the women in the play are driving factors for the actions of many other characters. Though they may seem... ignorant of all the corruption around them, women are still responsible for the corruption throughout the play. Both Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, and Ophelia, Hamlet's love, affected many of the decisions and actions done by Hamlet and play a passive role in the play’s action, but they are extremely important in exposing the play’s themes – in particular Hamlet’s... Characters in Hamlet, Family, Gertrude 847 Words | 2 Pages The Woman Warrior Gender and Ethnicity in Maxine Hong Kingston’s : The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese American author and Senior... Lecturer for Creative Writing at the University of California,Berkley.She has contributed to the feminist movement with such works as her memoir The Woman Warrior,which discusses gender and ethnicity and how these concepts affect the lives of women. Kingston has received several awards for her contributions to Chinese American Literature including the National...

China, Chinese American literature, Maxine Hong Kingston 1405 Words | 4 Pages Names in Society Names in Society Though some may feel insecure about their name while another person flaunts how “unique” or how they love... their name. A normal human being is named as a baby usually by the parent or a loved one, which means we don’t have control over our own names. I was named by my grandfather as a newborn. My mother told me “We never planned a specific name, your grandpa named you Ajmal because it sounded nice.” I wondered if they even knew what the definition of my name meant. As I got older... Arabic name, Family name, Given name 1341 Words | 4 Pages Proud to Be a Woman Lisa Orta English 190 September 28, 2011 Proud to Be a Woman “First Bone of a Woman” by Patricia Wellingham-Jones and... “Afternoon in the Garden” are two poems that present the creation of the first woman and explore the nature of womanhood through the behavior, speech and descriptions of her. The authors addressed the story of creation differently through the use of alliteration, figurative language and symbol.

“First Bone of a Woman,” describes in full detail the configuration of the female... Adam, Adam and Eve, Book of Genesis 1430 Words | 4 Pages Islam and Dedicated Muslim Woman the importance and benefits to society at large and the world view of Hijab and the women wearing Hijab living in the Western hemisphere. However, some... Muslim women believe that the wearing of the Hijab is the right and the choice of the Muslim woman. They are not forced or pressured to wear a veil and they are not forced to cover their hair when they are around men that are not their Mahrrams (men that they are able to marry). Muslim women believe that Allah has ordered all females after the age... Allah, Hadith, Islam 2021 Words | 5 Pages Sorrowful Woman ﻿Barbara S. Alva Professor Lizzie Louis English 102 April 3rd, 2015 Looking through “A Sorrowful Woman” and “Secret Sorrow” 1. FIRST RESPONSE.... How did you respond to the excerpt from A SECRET SORROW and to “A Sorrowful Woman”? Do you like one more than the other?

Is one of the women – Faye or Godwin’s unnamed wife – more likable than the other? Why do you think you respond the way you do to the characters and the stories – is your response intellectual, emotional, a result of authorial intent, a... Gender, Love Conquers All, Marriage 1192 Words | 4 Pages Wonder Woman Wonder Woman: the Iconic American Super-heroine Approximately three billion women exist on our planet. Many of them show strength and wisdom... while simultaneously demonstrating kindness, though some mistake this as weakness. Wonder Woman, superhero and symbolic female liberator, existed simply to contradict the beliefs of the ignorant and to assist in transforming America. She does more than fight fictional foes; she fights those still clinging to antiquated ideas of female inferiority. When created... Batman, Captain Marvel, DC Comics 2500 Words | 7 Pages “No Name Woman” Maxine Hong Kingston In the essay ?No Name Woman? Maxine Hong Kingston tells a story from her Chinese culture, of a forgotten aunt whose husband went... to America. During his absence the aunt mysteriously became with child. No one in her village questioned her on how the child was miraculously conceived.

Instead they attacked her and her family, showing their shame for the situation they were unwillingly placed in. Because the aunt is obviously pregnant by someone other than her husband the villagers consider her a threat... Family, Family law, Legitimacy law in England and Wales 553 Words | 2 Pages Honor Thy Children Honor Thy Children Book Report Hartnell College Psychology-15 (Human Sexuality) March 24, 2013 Honor Thy Children... Overall the book Honor Thy Children by Molly Fumia was great. There were points in this book that just tugged at my heart. For example when the Nakatani’s found out that their middle son Greg was shot and killed. There were also points in this book that I felt if I had been in their position, I would be in a great deal of pain and misery and would not know how to work through... Children's literature, Death, Family 977 Words | 3 Pages Outdone by the Woman Outsmarted By The Woman Who would have ever thought that the great Sherlock Holmes would be wrong from time to time? Certainly not any fan... of the series of stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, National American Woman Suffrage Association 904 Words | 3 Pages There Is No Unmarked Woman Unmarked Woman” Deborah Tannen In Deborah Tannen’s essay “There Is No Unmarked Woman” she describes how every... woman is “marked” in some way. She tells about how everyone judges or “marks” a woman by what kind of clothes she is wearing, whether they are tight or hang limply from her body. What kind of make-up she is wearing to how she styles her hair. She says that just by writing her essay and pointing out the fact that women are marked makes her marked. Getting married and changing you name makes... 2007 singles, Childbirth, Gender 1257 Words | 3 Pages Hamlet Feminist Criticism Nicole Golden Ms. Fallon English IV Honors January 29, 2012 Frailty; thy name is woman.... Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s most well noted plays, is also one of his most popular among critics. Shakespeare’s portrayal of characters, especially women, has evoked much arousal in the feminist category.

Ophelia, Hamlet’s love interest, is characterized with a lack of will, an unexplained background, a “feminine death”, and as a sign of sexuality, is a negatively portrayed female character in this... Characters in Hamlet, Female, Gender 736 Words | 3 Pages The woman in white comparative analysis of two extracts in which the characters have modified their behaviour so that they portray a false identity of themselves. The two... characters that I will compare are Sir Percival Glyde from The Woman in White, and Murial from The Lady in the Lake. The selected extract from The Woman in White is the scenario in which Sir PercivalGlyde is attempting to convince Marian and Mr Gilmore of his innocence. In this scene, Laura has received Anne Catherick’s letter warning her against marrying... First-person narrative, Novel, Percival 1484 Words | 4 Pages A Woman of No Importance techniques and look our for comedic elements. Make note on theme and character. A Woman Of No Importance Themes: The author Wilde... criticises the victorian upper class in a variety of different ways. They are usually throughout the first two acts in the abundance of witty dialogue the protagonists engage in.

Lady Caroline displays her own ignorance when she dismisses ‘new woman’ Hester Worsley a somewhat pious woman who is independent and financially secure. She patronizes Hester through her actions... A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde, Social class 1108 Words | 4 Pages independent woman ﻿The independent woman. Independence in women has got to be one of the greatest jumps in the history of television. For years in the... entertainment industry women have been represented as a subservient service to the husband and children, incapable of doing anything great with themselves other then fulfilling their duties as a housewife and mother. Today, they are known to be capable of anything. Whether it is being a single mother, to being able to provide for herself, in pursuit of her dreams... Desperate Housewives, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore 955 Words | 6 Pages What's in a Name Important Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown What’s in a name? Parents often put a great deal of thought into picking out a name... for their children in hopes that others view it as a reflection of their uniqueness and a representation of their future aspirations.

Authors also put a great deal of thought into their characters’ names and supporting objects to help the reader understand the meaning of their writings. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses duplicity in the characters of Young Goodman Brown and Faith;... Allegory, Faith, Mosses from an Old Manse 1329 Words | 4 Pages The Fallen Woman The 'Fallen Woman' A Familiar Feature of Victorian Writing Victorian social conventions placed the female inside the male domain, a... domestically cultivated flower rather than a wild one, uncontrollable and free to roam. Woman was idealised: the angel in the house, the wife complementing her husband, the helpmate of man. Social conditions offered the Victorian woman little in occupation so her aim in life was to secure a husband, succumbing to the political propaganda. As Foster states: Because... Female, Gender, Human sexual behavior 2132 Words | 6 Pages Betrayal in Hamlet How does betrayal or treachery help in developing the main character? What it reveals about the characters? plays were able to transcend time, influencing the course of western literature because of their universal thematic. In one of Shakespeare's most acclaimed...

plays, Hamlet, the author dissects the common theme of betrayal. Although the play carries the name of its main protagonist, all characters play crucial roles in the development of the many layers of meaning of the intricate plot and the character of Hamlet himself. Four characters in particular play important roles in developing a predominant theme... Betrayal, Character, Characters in Hamlet 903 Words | 3 Pages Woman Hollering Creek of values, beliefs and ways of knowing that guide communities of people in their daily lives” (qtd. In Rothstein-Fusch and Trumball 3). Every culture is... different and unique in its own lifestyle. Culture is basically life itself. The short story “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros is a clear example of these characteristics by bringing together life in Mexico and the United States. The reader gets the opportunity to view both sides of Cleofilas, the protagonist of the short story, culture... La Llorona, Sandra Cisneros, Woman 1776 Words | 5 Pages Woman and Person influences a person's identity? Is it their parents, where they live, religion, or their homes? When is it that they get one? Does it just magically appear...

when they are able to comprehend what is right and what is not, when they learn to write their name, or are they born with it? A person's identity is their own. Though people can influence their identity, nobody directly put it there and nobody could take it away. Everyone's identity is different because it is made up of factors and experiences throughout... Girl, Human, Husband 2251 Words | 6 Pages Difference between a Woman and a Lady society views a woman, images of independence are sparked, however; to attain such a label as a lady, she must refine her natural human... instincts when it comes to her behavior. Every human being who is not a male is labeled generically as a woman; however, takes more than just existence to become a lady. In the maternity ward of the hospital, girls and boys are being born day by day. The doctors are able to tell the parents that their child is a girl, that she will grow up to become a woman; however... Beyoncé Knowles, Childbirth, Female 940 Words | 3 Pages Woman Warrior A Warrior's Triumph The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston presents the story of a girl trapped between the cultures of her surrounding...

environment and that which her mother and family have forced upon her. Knowing only the Chinese way of life, this girl's mother attempts to familiarize her daughter, whom is also the narrator, with the history of their family. The mother shares this heritage through the use of stories in hopes the narrator will be prepared for her ultimate return to China... China, Family, Girl 1597 Words | 4 Pages "Hamlet", understanding Shakespeare language Francisco (I, i) 3. Words not quite our own (unusual words) That it should come to this! (I, ii) All is not well (I, ii) Frailty,... thy name is woman! (I, ii) Give thy thoughts no tongue (I, iii) I am sick at heart (I, i) tis = it is; ope = open; o'er =over; gi' = give; ne'er = never; i' = in; e'er = ever; oft = often; a' ~=he; e'en = even 1. Second person pronouns: thou, thy, thine, ye 2.

Verb inflection: second person thou + a-t, -st, or -est = thou art, thou seemest; may be contracted: thou... Early Modern English, Grammatical conjugation, Grammatical person 403 Words | 4 Pages The Adulterous Woman should do for the meaning of life. For the first life to the awareness of the meaning of the life is, that is a philosophy of the center point. No meaningful... life, even still alive, these are nothing to worthwhile before. In the story The Adulterous Woman, also exposited the philosophy of existentialism’s significant. When person look back their own life before, after understand the life’s emptiness and absurd, responsible their own re-chose a meaningful and humane life, this kind of life is existentialism... Absurdism, Albert Camus, Existentialism 2052 Words | 5 Pages Woman and Young Girl CHARACTERS: YOUNG GIRL OLD MAN WAITRESS MAN WOMAN SCRIPT: (It is very cold. An old man is lying on a cardboard box in the... middle of the park with no blanket to cover him.

A young girl approaches him) YOUNG GIRL: Excuse me sir…are you ok? Would you like a hot beverage? (The old man opens his eyes and smiles) OLD MAN: (in a soft voice) Oh, yes I would, young lady. YOUNG GIRL: It’s freezing…come with me. There’s a restaurant just across the street. Let me help... A Great Way to Care, Boy, Chocolate 666 Words | 4 Pages Being a Woman Being a Woman Contents 1. Introduction 2. “The Hymn to Demeter” vs “Odyssey 3. Homeric representation of gender roles 4. Conclusion... Introduction Homer is a famous and mysterious figure in the ancient literature who made a significant contribution in the development of literature of all times. His personality and existence is the subject for numerous discussions since some specialists consider that he did not live at all but despite these arguments the importance of works, which are known...

Ancient Greece, Gender, Gender role 1279 Words | 4 Pages Woman and Harriet property; that I must be subject to his will in all things.2 Harriet Jacob’s describes slavery for women harsher than that of men, due to the fact that... women have no control over their bodies or over the lives of their children. They were not allowed to name who the father of their children was, even though many knew what the masters were doing to these poor women. She writes that “the sexual exploitation of female slaves by white masters made the lives of slave girls and women incomparably horrible.”3... Female, Gender, Girl 1327 Words | 4 Pages Yellow Woman Analysis World Literature 7/20/2011 Yellow Woman Analysis After reading “Yellow Woman” a sense of mystery is imposed on the readers.... The story itself is very short and dreamlike. It is as if there is no beginning to the story. The narrator wakes up on the sand of a river bank next to a man she does not know. The man known as Silva acts very strangely towards her throughout the entire story. He is always laughing and smiling while at the same time forcing the narrator to do what he wants.

By the same... Family, Microsoft Narrator, Narrator 934 Words | 3 Pages Gail Godman's Sorrowful Woman ﻿ In Gail Godwin’s short story, A Sorrowful Woman, an unnamed woman withdraws herself from her family due to her belief of having... an overwhelming life. Godwin’s protagonist in the short story is unhappy with her current role as a housewife and seeks to explore different roles, but has a hard time coping when faced with making more engaging decisions when they are presented to her. The wife slowly steps out of her role in the family until they are completely shut out of her life. The only thing... Fairy tale, Family, Fiction 1253 Words | 3 Pages Pygmailion and Fat Black Woman 1914 a time which was very patriarchal the women's rights had not been passed whereas grace Nichol’s fat black women poem had been written after the women’s... rights movements, grace Nichol’s was living in London where we had a woman prime minister and the independence of woman was very much different from the 1914.

In the 1980’s was when the third wave of feminism, women now had rights however there was still a patriarchal attitude running through the veins of society. Grace Nichols being black and... Black British, Black people, Feminism 1140 Words | 4 Pages The Problem That Has No Name and the 1970's the idea that women can only be housewives is a thing of the past, but not of the distant past. In "Lamb to the Slaughter" the main character... is the perfect housewife who faces the problem of losing her husband; a real tragedy for any woman at anytime, but even more so for the totally dependent, pregnant housewife. “Lamb to the Slaughter,” by Roald Dahl, is one of those stories that forces readers to question what is good and what is evil, what is just and what is unfair. The Feminine... Betty Friedan, Feminism, History of feminism 2302 Words | 7 Pages Man and Woman Man And Woman 1-O) we are here because of 1 man and 1 woman and when we were born we all started as being a... woman.

In the bible it says in Genesis 2:18 “it is not good for the man to be alone I will make a helper suitable for him.” Also in Corinthians 11:9 “and man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man” so this basically explains that woman and man should be treated equally because we were all woman and God created woman to help us, if the woman was a the weaker... Age of consent, Female, Gender 434 Words | 3 Pages An Old Woman An old woman clutches a tourist's sleeve and tags along with him. She wants a 'fifty paise coin'. For this she offers to show him 'the... horseshoe shrine'. This refersto a legend centred around a horse-shoe shaped depression in a rock about Khandoba, the presiding deity at Jejuri, who leaped from that rock onto his horse ashe carried his wife with him. This is a legend that the true believer reveres and the sceptic doubts.The tourist moves away as he has seen the shrine already. The old woman 'tightens...

Civilization, Old age, Sky 1397 Words | 4 Pages Misogynistic Ideals in Hamlet Hamlet notoriously asserts, “Frailty, thy name is woman!” (I.II.150) after being disgruntled and... disappointed by his mother’s short mourning period for his father. To a modern audience, this phrase is immensely appalling, but for the Elizabethan era, this is perfectly acceptable. Elizabethan social order was built upon a temple where its foundations was the patriarchal domination and it was decorated with misogynistic ornaments. Hamlet’s tumultuous relationship with Ophelia is due to his distrust... Characters in Hamlet, Gertrude, Hamlet 911 Words | 3 Pages Woman in Society Woman in society Woman in Society Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story “Sexy” Miranda like all young women is searching for a... man that makes her feel like she is the most beautiful person in the room. The idea of beauty now is not of what it used to be, whatever happed to the idea that a woman who is a little bigger isn’t beautiful? That in order to be perfectly beautiful you need to look young and be a double zero?

In the story Miranda thinks she has found someone that thinks she is beautiful... English-language films, Fiction, Jhumpa Lahiri 1467 Words | 4 Pages

Question: The line "Frailty, thy name is woman" is from what play?
Answer: Hamlet