During the Renaissance, women were often seen as a man’s property because men’s superiority to women was society’s implicit assumption of most men, and a woman’s body was subject to sexual objectification by men in open conversation at pubs and such. Hamlet is no different in objectifying women as seen in Act III Scene 2. During this time, Hamlet offers his interpretation of the phony play meant to expose the King Claudius’ guilty nature for having poisoned Hamlet’s father. Before the start of the play, Hamlet utilizes a sexual innuendo in his dialogue with Ophelia meant to shame her. He declares, “That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs/Nothing” jokingly alluding to Ophelia's female genitalia in an attempt to reveal to those around her that despite being unmarried, she is fairly well versed in the sexual arena(III.ii.98-100).…show more content… Despite knowing the offensive nature of his comment, Hamlet is not reluctant to speak it, and Ophelia does not appear offended by such objectifying language even though it portrays her as a plaything and tool meant to entertain and please the men around her as seen in Act Two Scene One in which she is once again portrayed as a plaything for males. As “He took me by the wrist and held me hard/Then goes he to the length of all his arm,” Ophelia was merely in a position to react and not defend herself from such harassment