we can understand that Gertrude should not have married very soon Hamlet cannot endure this Old Hamlet s Order The Ghost of Old Hamlet demands revenge but tells Hamlet not to go against his mother He describes Gertrude as merely weak and lustful The ghost tells him to focus his revenge entirely on Claudius In Act Scene Hamlet accuses his mother of the murder of his father Hamlet considers his mother a partial plotter against his father as the ghost describes her as a lustful woman He says that- A bloody deed-almost as bad good mother As kill a king and marry with his brother But Gertrude replies soon to him by exclaiming As kill a king It shows that Gertrude has no part in the murder of Old Hamlet However it will not be rejected that Gertrude is the indirect murderer of Old Hamlet because Claudius uses her For this reason we can treat her as victimized Gertrude Means Frailty Now the question is raised about whether Gertrude is responsible for Hamlet's observation of women Many critics say that Gertrude is fully liable for Hamlet's observation of women Whatever the situation she should mourn for her late husband for a reasonable time They claim that Hamlet would not be angry with his mother if she had not remarried Claudius very soon Gertrude's this type of activity proves Hamlet's observation true He says to his mother O speak to me no more These words like daggers enter in mine ears No more sweet Hamlet Ophelia Means Frailty There is a relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia But her father Polonius and her brother Laertes do not allow their relationship They warn her about Hamlet's bad side which is not mostly true for Hamlet Polonius tells her that Hamlet will abuse her chastity and leave her He takes her promise that she will no longer spend time alone with Hamlet This influences Ophelia so much later She utters I shall obey my lord Act Scene Ophelia and Hamlet Relationship In Act Scene Hamlet treats harshly toward Ophelia at the time of his madness He shows his madness for getting the real murderer of his late father So he has treated her like this Being hurt by Hamlet she cuts off all relationships with him and rejects his letter Hearing this Polonius thinks that he has learned the cause of Hamlet's madness and goes to tell Claudius and Gertrude this To conclude we can see that in Hamlet Ophelia and Gertrude are directed by male powers like Hamlet Polonius Laertes the Ghost and Claudius These women share a typical feature named social system or male-dominated As the play progresses Gertrude and Ophelia are weakened by outer forces They cannot express their emotions and are dependent on males So we can comment that Ophelia and Gertrude prove the validity of Hamlet's observation of women