Ophelia

Even though Hamlet did not know it was Ophelia who was in the grave at first, Hamlet starts going insane due to his devastation towards losing his lover. Both Hamlet and Laertes are seen mourning for the loss of Ophelia and showing genuine love towards her. Hamlet even goes as far as telling Laertes that Laertes is not as sad as Hamlet is, despite Laertes being Ophelia’s blood brother. I personally find this behavior to be quite cowardly and undeserving as Ophelia is in that grave because of…

Ophelia Chase was a bright girl. Even at five years old she could tell when someone was upset. So when she saw Leo Alexander crying that day, she knew better than to ask why. So instead, she just sat there and cried with him. She knew from experience, that it was better to cry with, than to cry over. So when she cried that day she didn't cry for him. She cried for herself. And she cried for her sister. When Leo Alexander was five, he found out he was going to have a little sister. So of…

In addition, not having her father in her life, Karen is clueless when it comes identifying a respectful man. Similarly, Ophelia is a passive young woman who does not voice her opinions often. Ophelia grew up with only a fatherly figure, denying her the gentle guidance of a mother. Growing up with only a fatherly figure contributed to the timid and submissive nature of Ophelia. Without a mother, she had no womanly example, only a father who ordered her around and expected…

“Ophelia” by John Everett Millais, was created around 1851, over a five month period. This painting conveys great attention to naturalistic detail. The scene that is depicted in the painting is from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in which the girl that is portrayed in the painting named Ophelia drowns herself in a stream because of the grief of losing her father, who was murdered by the love of her life, Hamlet. The medium of this painting is oil on canvas, it is a method of painting using pigments…

slavery but thinks of slaves and black people as humans. Miss Ophelia is an abolitionist. Although she is an abolitionist she does not like to interact with black people or be near them. She cares about blacks as human beings but her racism makes her unenthusiastic to touch them or interact with them on a personal level. "I don't want her, I am sure;—I have more to do with 'em now than I want to." … "Well, I'll do what I can," said Miss Ophelia; and she approached her new subject very much as…

Hamlet truly loves Ophelia. Although, little evidence can argue that Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is unreal and that he is using her, the ending of the play located at the graveyard takes us right back to Hamlet’s sincere feelings for Ophelia. The play reveals more than one fact written that Hamlet’s feelings and emotions for Ophelia are believable. By going into detail of specific scenes of the play, it is best understood that Hamlet is indeed in love with Laertes sister, Ophelia. His mix…

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a popular play written by Shakespeare in the start of the seventeenth century. The play is about a Danish prince named Hamlet who seeks revenge for the death of his father at the hands of his uncle. Hamlet is told by the ghost of his father that he was murdered by King Claudius and that ignites Hamlet’s vengeance. This leads Hamlet to cause chaos in his kingdom as he confronts the people closest to him all while losing his sanity along the way. The end…

lives of others around him. His actions towards Ophelia and Polonius create a domino effect of violence and heartbreak throughout out the play. While Hamlet’s insensitive and heartless actions impact Ophelia and her fate, his ill-mannered behavior towards Ophelia also directly affects her brother, Laertes’, decisions. Although Ophelia originally breaks up with Hamlet, she becomes distraught and hysterical when he breaks her heart. Hamlet deceives Ophelia in to breaking her most sacred virtue.…

Hamlet, the awkward relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia is an example of this. What begins as a conversation about returning letters, it moves to a deeper topic discussing the love between the two and even to the behavior of all men and how women can avoid conflicts with men. Hamlets confused view on women comes from the lack of honesty from women is his life which leads him to have complicated feelings about Ophelia. To begin the encounter, Ophelia gives back the letters the Hamlet had…

Throughout the play, Ophelia is portrayed as the victim of the male characters around her. “Ophelia is very much a pawn to Hamlet and her father […] which ultimately is […] the reason for her suicide she committed later on in the play” (Jacklitsch). Hamlet makes Ophelia believe she is the cause of his madness and treats her as a sexual object rather than the woman he had led her to believe he loved. The manner in which Shakespeare chose to write Ophelia makes it so that there could be the…