Hamlet

I have read this play three or four times now and each time I gain new insights into both Shakespeare's reasons for writing it and the way viewers interpret the play. Since I am now taking a class that focuses on images of woman in literature (that's the name of the class), I can really see how women used their sexuality as a means of gaining power. If they didn't gain power, maybe it was to keep them where they were for fear of regressing in status if they didn't do what men wanted them to do. I see Kate Chopin's character Edna Pontellier in The Awakening struggling with the consequences of going completely agiainst the role she was supposed to have. Unfortunately, many heroins (if you will) end up dying or commiting suicide. Hopefully today we have learned a lot more and I think it helps to look into literature of the past, especially Shakespeare.