The Rebel Paradox: Hamlet and Jia Baoyu's Contradictory Attitudes towards Women's Other Identity as Seen from the Perspective of Secondary Sexuality Theory

Previous studies on the character images of Hamlet and Jia Baoyu have mostly focused on traditional research dimensions such as "delayed revenge" and "anti-feudalism", with insufficient analysis of the contradictions in their gender consciousness. This study takes Beauvoir's theory of the Second Sex as the framework, combines patriarchy and the concept of "the other", and analyzes the contradictory attitudes of the two towards the identity of women as "the other". The research will adopt literature review, comparative study and text analysis method. Research has found that Hamlet struggled between humanism and patriarchy, instrumentalizing Ophelia. Jia Baoyu's "Theory of Daughters' Grace and Beauty" is actually an aesthetic gaze from a male perspective within the framework of patriarchy. Although the paths of their "rebellion" are different, both are solidifying the essence of women's "secondary sexuality". This study breaks through the limitations of text-centeredness and single-culture analysis, connecting the interpretation of classic texts with new gender issues such as "algorithmic patriarchy" in the current digital age, revealing the underlying logic of gender power operation, and providing inspiration for contemporary gender equality practices.