Hamlet's Love For Ophelia Essay

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…

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…

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.…

Love is something that everyone desires, but once love is corrupted with revenge and hatred it becomes nothing but lust. Hamlet was so consumed in revenge that he ended up killing people who cared for him. In the play Hamlet, Laertes felt that Hamlet never loved Ophelia and only wanted sex from her. This was one of the reasons why Laertes hated Hamlet. Laertes also believed that Hamlet would only marry Ophelia just to become king and not because he truly loved Ophelia. Claudius also thought the…

is self-inflicted. Written at the beginning of the 15th century, “Hamlet” coincides with the Renaissance’s heightened interest in human nature by diving into Hamlet’s profound mindset. In, “Hamlet”, Shakespeare crafts Hamlet to be paralyzed with existentialism in order to show a more adolescent side of him struggling to take action. Hamlet’s soliloquies are great tools to peer into what Hamlet is really thinking. In his second soliloquy, Hamlet calls himself a “dull and muddy-mettled rascal”…

appears that four members of royalty, Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, and Laertes, are pointlessly murdered. However, upon further inspection, each character’s death has him/herself to blame. Hamlet’s hunger for vengeance and impulsive nature, Claudius’ lust for power, Gertrude’s gullible nature, and Laertes love for his sister all led to their own demise. In this fencing scene, Laertes duels Hamlet and wounds himself with the poisoned blade. Laertes lays dying and reveals to Hamlet, “The…

Hamlets’ treatment towards Gertrude (mother) is not unreasonable, but the way Hamlet treats Ophelia is a little harsh in the beginning when she is completely innocent. Further along through the play Hamlet’s treatment towards Ophelia can be considered reasonable since she basically decided to side with Claudius and Polonius. The way in which Hamlet treats Gertrude and Ophelia doesn’t seem to be a part of the misogyny in the culture. Hamlet does seem to possess a great hatred for women,…

nothing ever works out to black or white. The same theory can be applied to characters of fiction, such as Hamlet from Hamlet, although because he is a fictional human his actions can be interpreted differently by different people. One opinion displays Hamlet’s actions and ideas of those of an entitled man of thought must fulfill the duties of a faithful man of honor. Hamlet consistently shows himself to be inclined to hypocrisy, an inability to successfully act on his wishes, and a lack of…

Hamlet is perceived to have a beneficial relationship with his mother, King Hamlet’s death and her sudden marriage to her brother-in-law are reasons to question the validity of some decisions over others. Metaphors in “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes…against a sea of troubles” (Shakespeare III.i.3-4) are purposeful to highlight Hamlet’s uncertainty in comprehending and internalizing perplexing events. Hamlet’s predisposition to foreboding disaster and temperament is justified when…

character is dead. Two of these maddened characters are Hamlet and Ophelia, who also share a love for each other. But the Ophelia is truly mad while Hamlet is not. Hamlet is madly in order to protect himself and to test whether Claudius really killed his father, also is his elder brother, even though everyone believe he is truly mad and because of Ophelia, she reject his love. For a variety of reasons, Hamlet killed Polonius. (However, Ophelia is truly mad after her father died and Hamlet reject…