Ophelia Essay

had a mother and and father with two younger brother. That they all lived on small and cozy neighborhood. Her mother was a doctor and her father was a stay at home dad. This is however, not true. Ophelia ran away from her foster home around the age of 12. Her mother was around 70 years old when Ophelia was born. Panda ants have a hard time finding a mate and rarely ever do, of there own species anyways. Because of her mother's age, her mother died in child birth. The father was just a distance…

There aren’t two people who are alike, even twins who are born and raised in the same environment, can have a different reaction when reacting to a similar situation. Everyone in life goes through certain events in life where each one reacts differently and no one can say “I would have reacted the same way”. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, where several sons avenged their fathers’ murder, but their madness and horrible decisions takes numbers of death on everyone. There is a lot of…

After careful consideration and much thought I have come to the idea that Hamlet was not crazy, but more fueled by revenge than anything. At first glance it’s easy to assume that hamlet acts the way he does because he is mentally unstable and his grief has taken a toll, but ultimately it was his determination to get even with Claudius for killing his father. Nevertheless, Hamlets procrastination leads to his unfortunate demise. In the end both Claudius and Hamlet received the ultimate…

his contradictory actions. The once wise and compassionate Laertes, became hasty and revengeful at the discovery of his father’s homicide. He gave brotherly advice to Ophelia to be cautious around Hamlet, but returned seeking revenge against Hamlet, who Laertes blames for the death of Polonius and Ophelia.His good intentions for Ophelia…

be a breeder of sinners?” In the midst of all of her troubles, she goes insane and drowns in the brook near the castle. The corruption makes its way to Ophelia because of her relationships with Hamlet and Polonius. Ophelia’s death is perhaps the most important death in Hamlet because it is proof of Shakespeare’s message to the reader. Ophelia is the most innocent character in the play, not having anything to do with the death of the King, or the death of Polonius, yet corruption still takes…

but that does not rob him of his tragic hero status. Hamlet is afraid of women due to the way they have hurt him in the past. His mother, Queen Gertrude, married his uncle, Claudius, within a month of his father, Hamlet Senior’s death. Hamlet and Ophelia have a budding relationship but he suspects that she is helping her father spy on him.…

the very idea of fleshly union. "Have you a daughter?" he asks Polonius (II.ii.182), and goes on to draw Ophelia into his morbid train of thought, which has been about the sun's power to breed maggots in the dead flesh of a dog. "Let her not walk i'th' sun," he says, echoing his earlier statement, in the opening scene with Claudius, "I am too much in the sun" (I.ii.67). The echo hints that Ophelia is already in some sense Hamlet's double here: both are endangered by the sun which is an emblem of…

painting. To create Millais model pretending to be Ophelia drowning in the river, the lady was put in a bath full of water. Some oil lamps were placed underneath to keep the water warm. An antique dress was brought into this painting. All flowers, broken, and dead leaves in full bloom were painted for real in this painting. The usage of two important terms from elements and principles of art were: Elements of art: 1. Light: focused on the real figures; Ophelia (a young lady) to embrace her pain,…

Claudius’s court. Polonius is also the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Horatio- Horatio is one of Hamlet’s best friends and is very good to Hamlet. He helps Hamlet out a lot and is very loyal and helpful to him throughout the play. Ophelia- Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius and is the girl who Hamlet has been in love with. She is a sweet daughter that obeys and listens to her father and brothers. Laertes- Laertes is the brother of Ophelia and the son of Polonius. Laertes is not in the play…

It represents Ophelia with a pale blue dress with colors such as gold and rose on it. Since Ophelia is a Nobility with a father that has a high title in society, she is permitted to wear golden colors. However, she does not wear a Farthingale which makes the difference to the Loyalty (“Ophelia”). Though, many Upper Class women wore Farthingale, it was not as common as it was for the Royalty. The ‘Ideal’…