Gender in Stories by Jude Kelly (TED)
Let me talk about "Hamlet." To be or not to be. That is the question. But it's not my question. My question is: Why was I taught as a young woman that this was the quintessential example of human dilemma and human experience? It's a marvelous story, but actually, it's about a young man fearful that he won't be able to make it as a powerful figure in a male world unless he takes revenge for his father's murder. He talks a great deal to us about suicide being an option, but the reality is that the person who actually commits suicide, Ophelia, after she's been humiliated and abused by him, never gets a chance to talk to the audience about her feelings. And then when he's finished with Ophelia, he turns on his mum, because basically she has the audacity to fall in love with his uncle and enjoy sex. It is a great story, but it is a story about male conflict, male dilemma, male struggle. But I was told this was the story of human beings, despite the fact that it only had two women in it. And unless I reeducate myself, I am always going to think that women's stories matter less than men's. (Jude Kelly)
Deixeu-me parlar sobre "Hamlet". Ser o no ser. Aquesta és la qüestió. Però no és la meva qüestió. La meva pregunta és: "Per què se'm va ensenyar com a noia que això era la quinta essència del dilema humà i de l'experiència humana? És una història meravellosa, però tracta d'un jove poruc que no aconseguirà res com a figura poderosa en un món d'homes, si no es venja de l'assassinat del seu pare. Ens parla moltíssim del suïcidi com a opció, però en realitat, la persona que se suïcida, Ofèlia, després de ser humiliada i abusada per ell, no pot parlar mai al públic sobre els seus sentiments. I quan ja ha acabat amb Ofèlia, li toca el rebre a la mare, perquè té l'atreviment d'enamorar-se de l'oncle de Hamlet i gaudir del sexe.
És una gran història, però és una història sobre conflictes, dilemes i lluites masculins. Però em van dir que era una història d'éssers humans, tot i que només hi apareixen dues dones. (Jude Kelly)