Laertes says to Ophelia “fear it, Ophelia. Fear it my dear sister.” This shows that Laertes has control over Ophelia but also has respect. A Jacobean audience would have thought of it as normal becase in that era that was a typical responsibility of an older brother. In conclusion Shakespeare uses power to create a respectable relationship between Laertes and Ophelia. However towards the end Ophelia finishes of with saying that “I shall the effect of this good lesson keep as watchman to my heart.” The means that she is planning to keep heart under control and she will listen to her brother. She then says “himself the primrose path of dalliance treads and recks not his own rede.” She is now saying that don’t be a hyprocite. a Jacobean audience would have been surprised that she had the backbone to say that although she still has the curtisy to listen to her father and …show more content…
In the first section of the poem her hair is mentioned three times in the space of eight lines, emphasising its importance to the lover. It is hardly surprising when he uses it as "one long yellow string" to strangle her.
As well as that browning also uses repetition in the poem "that moment she was mine, mine" creates a sense of demand. The reader might contemplate that the lover just wants Porphyries to himself and doesn’t wont no one else to have her.as well as that it also shows a sign of possession over her because he loves her in the repetition of “mine”, Showing a sign of longing and desire. This would have been customary in the Victorian era for a man have social superior over