Ophelia Make Poor Decisions In Life Essay

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Surrounded by flowers in a garden, filled with water beneath the skin. The dress spread throughout the water, the flower on one’s hand ran down her dress. Pale face with dry lips, eyes, mouth and hand open. Depression will make one make poor decisions in life.

Ophelia preferred the easy way in life, instead of fighting the situation. A mind filled with dilemma that could not be solved and one does not have the strength of facing them. The depression didn’t give one the opportunity to seek for help to solve the problems. One had a passion for nature and has decided to lay down and let the water absorb one’s body and soul.

The position of the body tells us that one has decided to let the river take one’s soul. Hands wide open with spread out flowers. The desire one had for nature manipulated the decision of drowning oneself enclosed by trees and flowers. Others can see the passion of nature all around, the waterway surrounded by big full trees with
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Ones so called brothers and sisters could have been the ones that supported one to living this horrible life style. Not only the gang members but also the ones that bullied one in school. Ophelia did not take the pressure no more, the love that one’s family showed wasn’t enough-one went to the waterway to make the thought disappear but one could only think that ending one’s life would make things better.

Others can see that Ophelia wasn’t tuff enough to get out of the struggle one was going through. This happens to a lot of people, not only for depression but other situations. Others with special need might feel un worthy for being different and the feeling different from other can affect one’s decisions. Self-esteem is an important role in one’s life because if one’s self-esteem is low anyone can make decisions like this. The behavior of others towards us is also important because that can affect our inner

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