Hamlet Women Misogyny and Gender Roles Quotes

O, treble woe
Fall ten times treble on that cursed head,
Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense
Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth awhile,
Till I have caught her once more in mine arms.

– William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1. When Laertes sees Ophelia being buried, he is devastated. He leaps into his sister’s grave so he can hold her once more in his arms like a protective brother.

Put your bonnet to his right use; ’tis for the head.

– William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2. When the dandy Osric addresses Hamlet as "Sweet Lord" and gives him a flourish of his hat, Hamlet says this to him, making fun of his effeminate manners.

It is but foolery; but it is such a kind of gain-giving, as would perhaps trouble a woman.

– William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2. Hamlet says it is just foolishness, hut he has the kind of misgiving about his duel with Laertes that would bother a woman. His misgiving turns out not to be so foolish, but tragically prophetic.

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