pointed out hamlets insensitivity towards ophelia
Campbell
if hamlet had married ophelia, he would have been sane
Eliot
focussed on patriarchal interference in the lives of women
Jardine
when was it prominent
late 20th century
silencing women
opelia and gertrude are underdeveloped characters - especially since Hamlet is so preoccupied with them
Hamlets contemplation
what distinguishes humans from beasts and man from woman
ophelia
became an icon for the female victim, many paintings of her drowning
Female characters ‘shine in the darkness’ - noble women placed in brutal world
Swinburne