In the tragedy, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, there are many characters that live a tragic life. From the point of the beginning, where Hamlet’s father is devilishly murdered, to the point in the end when basically everyone winds up dead. But in this play, there has to be a character that individuals feel the most sorrow for. If there is, what are the reasons for pitying that character most, and why would someone pity them over any other character, because there are plenty of them to feel sorry for. If any character should be pitied the most, it should be Ophelia, because she gets caught up in Hamlet’s life too much, and faces a horrible and untimely death. “Shakespeare 's characterization of Ophelia in Hamlet illustrates the consequences
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Because Polonius told Ophelia not to talk to Hamlet or have anything to do with him, he feels like he cause Hamlet to go insane because of this, but he blames it on his daughter. In one of the acts, Polonius confronts Claudius and tells him of his reasoning of why Hamlet is mad, and Claudius believes it, so they go ahead with the idea of it being her fault. Polonius, “And then I prescripts gave her, that she must lock herself from his resort, admit no messengers, receive no tokens; which done, she took the fruits of my advice.” (Hamlet 2: 2, 147-150). Ophelia feels bad about this, because she did love him, and she thought that he loved her, but when she finds out that Hamlet never loved her, she is hurt, and doesn’t truly know how to cope with this idea of being very beautiful but rejected. So she herself becomes truly insane, and sings and dances about the kingdom. “Hamlet was able to claim his identity and personal desire only when he was roused by his jealousy caused by his counterpart’s, Laertes’s, jumping into Ophelia’s grave.” (Hamilton) She finally meets her demise when she travels down to the river, and jumps in, ending her life. So because of her father’s control of her love life, she inevitably goes insane and …show more content…
Ophelia gets the short end of the stick in this play, because she was a very beautiful lady whose life really got away from her. She had a great life to look forward to, but because of her father, her relationship with Hamlet ended, which made Hamlet not like her anymore. “the loss of a father by the hand of a lover, whose "noble and most sovereign reason" she has seemingly blasted by rejecting his importunate suit, has over-powered her feelings, and left her "divided from herself and her fair judgment, without the which we 're pictures, or mere beasts.” (Blackmore) This hurt Ophelia’s feelings, and she felt like there was nothing left for her to do on earth, so she ends it. She might have been insane in the end, but she probably had enough sanity left in her to understand what she was doing in the
Because Polonius told Ophelia not to talk to Hamlet or have anything to do with him, he feels like he cause Hamlet to go insane because of this, but he blames it on his daughter. In one of the acts, Polonius confronts Claudius and tells him of his reasoning of why Hamlet is mad, and Claudius believes it, so they go ahead with the idea of it being her fault. Polonius, “And then I prescripts gave her, that she must lock herself from his resort, admit no messengers, receive no tokens; which done, she took the fruits of my advice.” (Hamlet 2: 2, 147-150). Ophelia feels bad about this, because she did love him, and she thought that he loved her, but when she finds out that Hamlet never loved her, she is hurt, and doesn’t truly know how to cope with this idea of being very beautiful but rejected. So she herself becomes truly insane, and sings and dances about the kingdom. “Hamlet was able to claim his identity and personal desire only when he was roused by his jealousy caused by his counterpart’s, Laertes’s, jumping into Ophelia’s grave.” (Hamilton) She finally meets her demise when she travels down to the river, and jumps in, ending her life. So because of her father’s control of her love life, she inevitably goes insane and …show more content…
Ophelia gets the short end of the stick in this play, because she was a very beautiful lady whose life really got away from her. She had a great life to look forward to, but because of her father, her relationship with Hamlet ended, which made Hamlet not like her anymore. “the loss of a father by the hand of a lover, whose "noble and most sovereign reason" she has seemingly blasted by rejecting his importunate suit, has over-powered her feelings, and left her "divided from herself and her fair judgment, without the which we 're pictures, or mere beasts.” (Blackmore) This hurt Ophelia’s feelings, and she felt like there was nothing left for her to do on earth, so she ends it. She might have been insane in the end, but she probably had enough sanity left in her to understand what she was doing in the