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In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, several characters are incorporated into the plot in order to compliment and help portray Hamlet’s individual character. Hamlet’s character, though extremely complex and intricate, is also surprisingly immature and unpredictable. These characteristics can be seen in Hamlet’s actions throughout the play and through other characters written into the plot. Hamlet’s personality is directly reflected in his relationships with the female characters of the story. Most notably …

…Gertrude and Ophelia helped illustrate Hamlet’s personality throughout the play. “Frailty thy name is woman” may have been Shakepeare’s attitude about the female characters of the play, however this weak and naive characteristic that he placed on the female roles was a necessity to the play. Hamlet’s immature, unpredictable and insane behaviour could not have been defined if the female roles had not existed in the plot to shape his true personality.