The projection of Hamlet's emotions through adult sexuality In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the question of sexuality and the role of women becomes a substantial component in the analysis of Hamlet's character and behavior. The motif of misogyny recurs intermittently throughout the play, shown largely through Hamlet's relationships with both Gertrude and Ophelia. Clearly hurt by Gertrude's marriage to Claudius so soon after his father's death, Hamlet becomes cynical about women and assumes that they are all immoral creatures. He develops a particular obsession with female sexuality and incestuous relationships. Hamlet creates a connection between women and immorality, thus using his mother's incestuous actions as a basis for assuming that all women are deemed unworthy and morally corrupt. By forming this archetype to fit all the women in his life, Hamlet allows himself a means to project his anger onto others. Therefore Hamlet's concern with adult sexuality and incest is not only the cause of his sadness and nausea, but is also a means of projecting his emotions and expressing the disgust and pain that have been caused by the women in the play and their betrayals. Hamlet identified himself through his royal blood and the illustrious members of his family, the union of his mother and uncle left him without status. Hamlet's sense of worth, manhood, and identity are equally destroyed by the union of Claudius and Gertrude. His body, his status and his very being have been tainted by his mother's marriage to his father's brother: “Shame, ah shame! It is a weedless/growing-to-seed garden. Things are gross and gross in nature” (1.2.134-6). Hamlet uses the line as a metaphor for the fact that his world is a garden. Since his world is… middle of paper… it hurt him, causing him to bitterly reject both women after realizing the incestuous affairs. Claudius asks "Whether it is the affliction of his love or not / That he suffers for" and as both themes of sexuality and betrayal intersect, we see much of Hamlet's emotional state (3.1.37-8). It is love that he suffers for, but it is not for the love he had but for the emotions one feels behind loving a person. His emotions were betrayed, not once but twice. These hypersexual creatures have become a source of nausea, pain and anger in his eyes. His very being rejects the idea of ​​female sexuality and incest so fervently that he cannot focus on anything outside of the two themes except death. As a result, his emotions caused by the union of Gertrude and Claudius caused a flood of emotions so strong that it clouded his judgment, his mind and even his future..