Ophelia Essay

Hamlet, Ophelia is a young, noble woman who, in the beginning, is in love with Prince Hamlet. However, because of her obedience to her father, Polonius, and brother, Laertes, she no longer returns Hamlet’s affections at their request. This relationship with Polonius and Laertes reveals an entirely different character in Ophelia as the story progresses. By the end of the play she is put through a lot emotionally, and it is clear that she is not the same girl as she was when it all started.…

Hamlet is a tragic play that ends with many lives being lost, one of whom was Ophelia. It would seem that this character’s love knew no bounds. She had a tremendously close relationship with her father, a well-respected official in the Danish court. In another aspect, Ophelia and Hamlet’s love was no secret for they were bona fide lovers. Although he treated her with little respect, she was still madly in love with him. Her endearment of the protagonist was boundless. The last of the men in her…

the play Gertrude and Ophelia, mother and lover of the main character Hamlet respectively, are commanded by the men on how to live. However, each woman reveals a different part of Hamlet. Although Gertrude and Ophelia cause different impacts, their roles in Hamlet are similar. In a play dominated by men, the two women are at the heart of Hamlet because their actions and words ignite Hamlet, portray Hamlet to others, and help Hamlet avenge his father. Gertrude and Ophelia appear to play…

contrast and compare essay In the book of Hamlet, there are 2 women has similarities and they also have differents, contrasting role in the book.They are Gertrude and Ophelia, Ophelia, a naive and foolish girl who deeply loves Hamlet. As Ophelia said in the Act 1 scene 3 "He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders of his affection to me"(http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet_1_3.html) She thinks Hamlet loves her too, but she doesn;t know Hamlet just using her. Gertrude, Hamlet's…

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…

Hamlet and also is the person that deceased the king which was his brother. He became king by marring Hamlets mother. Claudius explained to Denmark that he married his own brother ex wife 2 months after his death. Polonius was the father of Ophelia . Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius and Hamlets girlfriend. Gertrude was the mother of Hamlet and the ex wife of the deceased king. Hamlet interaction with Claudius was ill humor and displeased. Hamlet didn’t care for Claudius at all. Hamlet was…

worry towards the unknown. (III.i. 140). The reader is understanding his contemplation of being a live or dead because of everything he has been put through to this point. His behavior towards Ophelia is rude and insensible. Any chance he got to say something that “might make her moan a little” to Ophelia he’d say it. (III.ii. 232-233). Then he remarks in a rude way, He believes that “that’s a fair thought to lie between a maids’ legs” (III.ii.108).…

At this time in the play. Polonius, Gertrude, and Claudius are all talking about Ophelia and Hamlet. Polonius gives a speech and it reveals a lot about his character. He starts out with saying ¨I would fain prove so¨. He wants to prove to Claudius and everyone else that he is faithful and has honor as a trait to his character. Fain means happily, so Polonius is trying to say that he would be happy to be proved to be as good as Claudius and everyone else says he is. Through of what he is saying…

R.D. Laing. An individual in a chaotic world presents an ill state of mind, behavior and social interaction. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Mrs. Ross depicts lunacy as a result of her insane world, and in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet and Ophelia portray a corrupt state mind as their surroundings are hectic. Characters sanity can easily diminish in an insane environment. Hamlet represents an insane being in society, due to his bizarre world; including his late father’s ghost and his…

her father when he wants her to be a pawn he can use to spy on Hamlet. This mistreatment of Ophelia built up throughout her life, and when she lost Hamlet and her father, she lost herself as well, because they always made decisions for her. She was left alone in the world, and this drove her to insanity. She sings about her sadness, telling a story of a girl who was tricked into going to bed with a…