Ophelia

side were never equals. In fact even now, inequality persists however incomparable to the past. Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare explicitly revealed the treatment of females during his time through his play. In the play, Polonius’s daughter, Ophelia, evidently presents herself as a puppet that adheres to her master’s will until the strings that control her loosens. In her conversation with her father, Polonius, he attempts to fashion her relation with Hamlet. As she “do not understand…

Relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia Throughout the play Hamlet, the relationship between these two characters change as the play progresses. At first their affection for each other almost makes it seem as they are inseparable. Hamlet starts acting strange with Ophelia, his lover, and she is concerned for him. They are two very different people and because of their actions their relationship fell apart. Hamlet's relationship with Ophelia throughout the play immensely changed due to events…

is a battlefield. Hamlet’s love for Ophelia could be compared to a war because he fights for her, acts rudely to her, and uses her as an outlet for his anger. His emotions placed upon her are not to be taken as what they seem to be as he is incapable of properly showing his love. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet’s internal hardship conflicts with his relationship with Ophelia, however he truly loved her. Hamlet had the most anger towards Ophelia because she is the person Hamlet…

Ophelia was painted with oil on canvas by Sir John Everett Millais (The Story of Ophelia). Millais was known for his great attention to detail when it came to the botanical aspects, so much so that a professor teaching botany would take his students to see Ophelia because the representations of the flowers were so close to nature (The Story of Ophelia). The concept of this painting was born out of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In Hamlet, the title character’s love interest, Ophelia tragically…

began to read, arrogantly, a letter, written by the dead king’s son, Hamlet to Polonius’s daughter, Ophelia. In the story, Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet wrote his deepest love to Ophelia in a letter. Throughout the story, he may have not shown his love but deep inside he did. Hamlet obviously loved Ophelia with all his heart. Hamlet wrote a letter expressing his undying love for Ophelia even if he didn’t show it. For example, when Polonius began to read the letter from Hamlet…

Major Sufferings: A Comparison of Ophelia and Laertes in Hamlet Of the many themes present throughout the play of "Hamlet" (Shakespeare), such as revenge and madness, suffering is a key theme that not only prevails throughout the whole play, but is critical to the play's plot, in particular when applied to the characters. In the play, most all of the major characters including Gertrude, Claudius, Hamlet, the ghost of Hamlet's father, Laertes and lastly Ophelia, undergo some sort of personal…

interest. My opinion on why she was included in this play was to make the audience think it’s a typical romance story. So, she serves to trick the audience into believing she’ll change Hamlet’s ways. If Ophelia wasn’t in the play, there’d be a minor to a moderate change in the story. Now, Ophelia is Laertes’s sister and Polonius’s daughter. It looks like Polonius is a single father and their family is close. It’s sensible to consider this, since she was honest with her father about her and…

Ophelia is a young and innocent woman who’s too obedient and vulnerable. It seems that she cares a lot for her family as she chooses them over Hamlet and follows their advice. This only makes her look defenseless and makes it seem as if she’s too reliant on others. She can’t seem to make her own choices as they’re already made for her. For example, in 1.3 Laertes warns her of Hamlet by saying, “For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favor, hold it a fashion and a toy in blood”(5-6) which Ophelia…

construct. In Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Ophelia, a young women ambivalent of her own position in society, shows moments of outright submission and resignation, while demonstrating transitory moments of revolt and individuality towards authoritative males. Even after multiple efforts to break from the stereotypically submissive female role, Ophelia eventually becomes yet another societal victim of male dominance…

characters in the play, Hamlet and Ophelia, double one another with their madness; however, there are some differences in the way that the characters portray their insanity and use it within their families. Hamlet chooses to have full control over his madness whereas Ophelia actually starts going mad due to the grief…