Unfortunately, in Hamlet, women are depicted as people who are much lower than men and are merely objectified and looked down upon as frail beings. They were often times found answering to the men and not really having important roles in the play. The way that the men are seen as superior, in my opinion, led to the manipulation of the women in the play and led to the many tragedies and issues. Shakespeare simply left them as secondary characters instead of primary ones like most of the men.
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I felt the same away about the depiction of the women by Shakespeare. They have very little power as women in the play however they do play an important role tying together different characters through romance and family. Although the men hold most of the power in the relationships and decision-making, the women bring are used as connectors for these men.