Ophelia

Claudius make him feel betrayed. Hamlet viciously attacks Ophelia saying, “If thou dost marry, I’ll give thee this plague for thy dowry. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. Farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go, and quickly too. Farewell.”(3.1.36-42) Hamlet states that even if Ophelia acts piously in her marriage she will “not escape…

Hamlet’s treatment of Ophelia is not the conduct of a noble gentleman. If Hamlet was trying to protect Ophelia from the complete plan of murder, his talk with her shows lack of consideration. Some would say that he treats her poorly. He also could have been making the whole thing up when he said that, but a good person would have never say such rude things. Hamlet continue going with his brutality and says “Get thee to a nunnery” (3.1.119). He is fully striking Ophelia from all angles. He is…

become ignorant to their own imperfections, thus turning into their own enemy. In the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the flaws of characters lead to their demise. Three characters that become victims of their own shortcomings include, Hamlet, Ophelia, and Laertes. Firstly, Hamlet is a tragic hero, who is caught in the turmoil of his personal vendetta against his uncle Claudius. He brings death upon himself due to his procrastination, remorselessness and misogyny. Secondly, Ophelia’s an…

connotation that darkness has through two of his well known plays, Macbeth and Hamlet. Many of the main characters are drawn to commit dark actions such as murder or revenge, but the women are portrayed to take the evil in a different way. Lady Macbeth and Ophelia are brought to their deaths by the insanity influenced by the darkness. Shakespeare effectively conveys his view of women through these stories and shows the sheer impact that dark actions can have on a person. Evil is a powerful…

He tells her "you should not have believed me...I loved you not." And tells her to "get thee to a nunnery...(769)" this scene is what causes Claudius, the Queen, and Polonius to keep watch on Hamlet, declaring him mad with love for Ophelia. Hamlet becomes more irrational and impulsive as the play continues. It became clear his thoughts were muddled when he murdered Polonius behind the tapestry, thinking it was Claudius. Hamlet although clever, let vengeance block his rational thought…

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the emotions of women juxtapose those of men through the characters of Hamlet and Ophelia. Both characters lose their fathers to murder committed by someone to whom they are close: Hamlet Senior’s murder committed by his brother, Hamlet Jr.’s uncle, and Polonius by his daughter’s lover. Yet, each deals with grief in their own unique method: Hamlet’s has each and every move carefully thought out and crafted, while Ophelia’s loses control of her passivity, thus unraveling…

appear a certain way yet as you read on you can see the reality of it all. In Hamlet people appear to be one way but in reality can be something so different. Ophelia appears avoiding Hamlet because she dislikes him, but in reality she has feelings for him but was told otherwise that she was not allowed to see him. Polonius is telling Ophelia that she cannot see Hamlet anymore…

plight is exemplified by the character Ophelia. Her ignorance and innocence turns out to be her tragic flaw when her father is murdered. She does not know how to cope with loss and goes insane, which leads to her eventually drowning herself. She is not properly prepared for the real world and that is evident when she goes insane. It is understandable to grieve the loss of a loved one, but to go crazy and kill yourself is a whole different story. Ophelia was ignorant due to the fact that she…

the demeanor and mindset of Polonius’s children, Ophelia and Laertes. Ophelia begins to descend deeper into madness, reflecting Hamlet’s pseudo insanity that he has portrayed through the course of the play. Laertes, who for the most part was silent before Polonius’s death, now becomes a more visible character in the play, and threatens Hamlet’s life multiple times before eventually being a conspirator in his death near the end of the play. When Ophelia eventually drowns herself, Laertes even…

Hamlet, a tragedy by William Shakespeare is about how corruption destroyed Denmark. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word corruption is dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers), the act of corrupting someone or something, and something that has been changed from its original form. In the tragedy, Hamlet, Prince Hamlet is trying to avenge his father 's death. Nothing is going right for Hamlet these days. His…