Which statement best represents a feminist reading of this passage? the exclamation point in the passage indicates that hamlet feels strong emotions. gertrude’s behavior in this passage suggests that she does not really care about hamlet. hamlet reveals gertrude’s lack of power by defining her in terms of her relationships with men.

“Hamlet reveals Gertrude’s lack of power by defining her in terms of her relationships with men.”

This statement best represent feminist reading from “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare.

A feminist literary criticism is the way a female is represented in the language of literature. Here Hamlet is so distressed with her mother’s decision of marrying his uncle that he says such statements to his mother. He even points out that she lacks the power and intelligence even to talk or think. It has been seen that women were placed not on equal status to men not in real life and not on literature too.

Hamlet reveals Gertrude’s lack of power by defining her in terms of her relationships with men. is the correct answer.