Ophelia Essay

In the scope of the Freudian theory of psychology, the Oedipus complex is a sexual desire of involvement with the parent of the opposite sex while having an associated rivalry with the parent of the same sex. The name derives from Oedipus, King of Thebes in Ancient greek mythology. Oedipus was born into the Theban royal family, abandoned, and unknowingly adopted by the Corinthian Royal Family. Upon hearing the Oracle of Delphi’s tell him that he was fated to slay his father and marry his mother,…

his mother is in dismay and in guilt. Sadly, Ophelia was affected tremendously by Hamlets actions of insanity. In the play, while Hamlet is having a conversation with his mother in her chamber, as he is acting insane and is trying to convince her that Claudius killed his father. Hamlet senses another presence in the room and stabs through the curtain against the wall and kills Ophelia’s father. Shortly, after discovering the death of her father Ophelia goes mad. She has lost everything her…

“It is mine to avenge, I will repay,” says The Holy Bible, Romans 12:19. Hamlet strongly disagrees with this concept. Instead he relies on revenge to bring him the satisfaction he needs to ease his mind of avenging his father's death, only for it to lead to destruction. Through consequences, action, in action and immortality. Action remains a huge theme throughout the play. Hamlet's actions for revenge causes many complications, such as his action to love his father so much that all he will care…

degree, it is interesting to see how the idea of suicide is treated both morally, religiously and aesthetically. This essay will mostly be based on Hamlet´s own soliloquies, considering their relevance to the theme, but Queen Gertrude´s treatment of Ophelia´s death is also worth a mention. The story of Hamlet takes place in medieval Denmark, but a precise date is not mentioned. From the text, one can understand that morality and religion were closely linked, therefore I will treat the moral…

Is Prince Hamlet’s antic disposition in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark real? There’s fine evidence to why Hamlet might actually have lost his sanity. There are also many reasons why the Prince of Denmark is in fact just pretending to be a madman, (antic disposition.) When the play introduces Prince Hamlet, his black clothes and depressed thoughts suggest that there is already something deeply wrong with him. Being insane and having deep sadness are two different…

contradictions: he is reckless but cautious, courteous but rude, fragile but ferocious. He faces his father 's death with an overpowering anger, but shows no remorse when he is responsible for the deaths of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Polonius. Hamlet uses Ophelia as a release for his disgust and anger towards his mother, and does not realize that he was the cause of her insanity. Regardless of his many faults, he is looked upon kindly with his faults being overshadowed by his positive…

virtues will bring him to his wonted ways again.” Gertrude says this to Ophelia so she will be obedient to Hamlet like she is supposed to be so he will return to normal. She does this because it is her role to fulfill that society made for her. There have been other instances when obedience was shown within the play of Hamlet. The other instance is when Hamlet tells Ophelia, “Get thee to a nunnery!” Hamlet wants Ophelia to leave and go to monestary and become a nun. He wants her to do…

Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most honoured and well known pieces of literature that has been studied by many. There is a depth to Hamlet which has caused so many different ways to view and argue the characters and the overthinking in which the book revolves around. The storyline of Hamlet follows a vein of over thinking that begins with the betrayal of his Uncle Claudius when he secretly murders Hamlet’s father – the King of Denmark- then marries Hamlet’s mother and becomes king himself. As…

female characters and how the norms and laws of the patriarchal society of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced the development of this personages. The major characters examined are Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra, Gertrude, Ophelia, Juliet, Desdemona and Ophelia. The methodology used in order to fulfill the purpose of this paper included research of the relevant literature, mainly critical studies of the shakespearean tragedies. I also relied on cultural and historical studies of…

never change. In the play, suicide is a theme that directly affects Hamlet and Ophelia during the play. Hamlet contemplates his own suicide before deciding that it is not worth it to end his own life and not go to heaven. This is famous for the phrase “To be, or not to be? That is the question…” which Hamlet says while weighing live - to be - and death - not to be - before deciding to stay alive (Act III, Scene I). Ophelia, however, does more than ponder the idea, and apparently commits…