The theme I found interesting in this Act was stereotypical sex roles.
There duty is to be a wife, and a dutiful one. The act begins with
Hamlet and Ophelia's encounter. Since she spurned if his love, he
thinks she is not worthy of being a wife any longer and therefpre the
only thing left to her is to go to a nunnery. The other display of
this theme is the relationship between Hamlet and his mother. He sees
her marriage to his uncle as the ultimate betrayal. When he meets with
her, he constantly refers her marriage vows. This is symbolic of his
view of her as only a mother and wife. Her betrayal of her vows is
more than breaking a promise; it is betrayal to her role as a woman.
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