Hamlet

Act 2, Scene 1

Both Gertrude and Ophelia are complicit with the entrapment of Hamlet. how does this further develop his mistrust of women?

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Hamlet is betrayed by both of the women he loved. The woman who gave birth to him, and the woman who professed her love and desired marriage. If he can't trust these two women not to betray him, why would he trust any others? 

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