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    Ophelia Syndrome Discourse

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    formulate an opinion. This is an example of the Ophelia syndrome. Like the author, Thomas G. Plummer explains how the Ophelia syndrome makes people naïve. One’s dominant discourse, a discourse meaning a way of using language and one’s self-identity of a social group, explained by author James Paul Gee. The Ophelia syndrome affects one’s ability to be in a dominant discourse because it affects one’s opinions, identity, and learning. Due to the Ophelia syndrome affecting one’s ability to be in a…

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    Hamlet and Ophelia fall madly in love with one another because Hamlet is acting crazy to see if king Claudius killed old king Hamlet. Hamlet is the son of the deceased old king Hamlet. Ophelia is the daughter king Claudius and he thinks along with everyone else that Hamlet is going insane. Hamlet and Ophelia are secretly talking to each other as Hamlet is setting up a play witch will re-enact the murder of old king…

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    Laertes’s Advice to Ophelia In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare implements numerous forms of literary devices in order to reveal characters’ tendencies and exploit motifs. The passage that reveals Laertes’s interpretation of Hamlet’s character takes place in Act I, scene iii. In this passage, Laertes includes examples of symbolism, military imagery, patronizing diction, and metaphors to warn Ophelia about what kind of person Hamlet is and inform her of who she is in comparison to him. When…

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    Hamlet it is clear that Ophelia is not one. Her character is one-dimensional and arguably expendable. The story of Hamlet’s revenge can be told without her, but Ophelia would have no story outside of Hamlet and her father. In today’s society, it is increasingly difficult to envision a world where women have no say and are completely submissive to either their father or husband. In William Shakespeare’s renaissance piece, Hamlet, this submission was a way of life for Ophelia. Her life was…

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    The love story of Hamlet and Ophelia was terribly devastating. These two lovers, who could’ve been together; died in tragedy apart. There were many conflicts and reasons why Hamlet and Ophelia kept growing apart throughout the story. It was mostly because of Hamlet hostility towards Ophelia throughout Act 3. The reasons he acted cruelly to her because of his mother, Gertrude who recently married her brother-in-law Claudius in a short period of time after her husband’s death. Due to this, he…

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    Ophelia and Jocasta are both two very significant woman from there times, they both share the anguish of male dominance. They may be considered significant due to their relationships with important men figures, but it is through these relationship that we learn of their stories and what they can tell use about these significant male characters. Often when Ophelia is discussed in regards to Hamlet she is often identified as “the object Ophelia” this implies that Ophelia is nothing more than the…

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    Hamlet To Ophelia Analysis

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    Hamlet to Ophelia – an everlasting love While the few of the royal family had still not understood Hamlet’s persistence of continued mourning and frustration for his father’s death, “with its obsession with damaged psychology” (Davies). Hamlet could not resist remembering the legacy of the former king with not also to count for his mother’s marriage with his uncle Claudius. With Hamlet feeling very distraught and having to overcome his troubles with his family to the point of questioning his…

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    play both Ophelia and Gertrude show that they are strong and capable women. Because of the views of the time women were supposed to be submissive and follow orders but Ophelia and Gertrude step out of the norm and show that they to can hold power. Throughout the play Ophelia is never taken seriously and is thought to be crazy. She is never able to verbally express her opinion. As Ophelia goes deeper into the rabbit hole of madness the more expressive she gets. The only way for Ophelia to be…

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    Hamlet's Love For Ophelia

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    between Hamlet and Ophelia. Hamlet originally did have a genuine love for Ophelia but it was lost in the midst of selfishness and revenge. The anger that Hamlet shows towards Ophelia throughout the play isn’t truly an anger for her but a bitter result of his anger for others. Because of his cowardice, he had difficulties confronting those that he’s actually…

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    Ophelia is Polonius’s daughter and Laertes's sister. She is also the girl that Hamlet has been in love with. The advice Laertes gives Ophelia before leaving is to be careful of falling in love with Prince Hamlet. The advice Polonius gives Laertes before he leaves is to not say what he is thinking and not to act on it either. He also advises him to be friendly but not too friendly and to hold onto trustworthy friends. Polonius tells Laertes not to waste time on people and not to be quick to get…

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