to a man named Reynaldo and sends him to spy on his son. Ophelia reports to her father Polonius the strange behaviour of Hamlet. Polonius immediately concludes that Hamlet is 'madly in love' with Ophelia: “That hath made him mad." He wants to report it to the king immediately, because Ophelia says he just stood there staring at her for five minutes covered in mud and looked insane. Polonius at first thinks that Hamlets love for Ophelia is a fake act, but soon finds that his love is actual true
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As one progresses through Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it becomes overly evident that Ophelia is the most deserving of readers’ sympathy because of the following reasons: as a women, she is weak and has no authority over her own affairs; she has no control over her madness and her death; she is never compensated for her father’s death or her lover’s betrayal. Shakespeare creates sympathy for Ophelia by introducing her to the audience as a women who is too naïve to understand the difference between love
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Hamlet truly views Ophelia as the love of his life, but also sees how Hamlet ends her life b driving her insane. This also shows corruption because Ophelia is used multiple times to send people messages or to spy on Hamlet. Her father uses her as a spy in act three scene one. In an attempt to show Claudius that Hamlet does not suffer from insanity, but as Polonius says he suffers from love sickness. Hamlet then uses Ophelia to send a message to Polonius. Hamlet berates Ophelia calling her “a breeder
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daughter without a second thought of how she felt. Polonius in Hamlet written by William Shakespeare is one who tries to seek power by using her daughter ( Ophelia ), kissing ass, and backstabs people to get what he wants. Throughout the novel Polonius uses Ophelia, her daughter to seek power. Even though he is chief counselor of the king he sets up Ophelia to be
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A recurring theme in both Webster’s Duchess of Malfi and Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the concept of female honour and chastity, even though the women of the plays are secondary to the main plot. A woman’s necessity to marry is a negative message in Hamlet, and proves to be the hubris of the Duchess- it is her marriage that, in part, leads to her eventual death. Ergo, Wiggins’ statement about ‘second marriages troubling the male imagination’ is certainly true from the outset. The second scene of Hamlet
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Ophelia is just an ordinary girl. She’s blends in at school amongst all her peers and goes noticed by only the group of friends she feels secure around. She tends to keep to herself because the thought of new people terrifies her. There are secrets she keeps, deeper than an underwater trench. One distance day will her eyes finally be opened, and it’ll be revealed to her the way others truly see her. Ophelia sits in her room. The walls are painted nothing but the plain shades of white and black
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wise enough to know his word goes no further without Denmark’s word. Then consider the shame you would bring if you were to surrender to his seductive talks and expose your heart – or give up your virginity to him and his greedy ways. Be careful Ophelia, and keep your affections at a safe distance, away from the dangers of lust and desire. Even exposing your beauty in the moonlight is too much. Early spring flowers are always the first to be slashed by worms before they’re fully developed. Young
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In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the protagonist, Hamlet, leads an antic disposition that causes his downfall and leads him to insanity. The cause of his insanity was quickly developed at the beginning when the sudden death of his father, King Hamlet, was announced to him. The tragic Hamlet plotted to murder his father’s murderer, thus the act of madness was introduced. His antic disposition affects his judgment, destroys relationships and creates a belief that he is truly mad. Throughout the play
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giving a performance. After Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave, Claudius tells Gertrude that he has arranged for Hamlet to run into Ophelia, and Polonius and the King will hide and spy on their conversation to see if Hamlet is truly going crazy because he is in love. Gertrude tells Ophelia that she hopes that Hamlet’s madness is due to his love for her. Polonius tells Ophelia to read from a prayer book while waiting for Hamlet, which makes Claudius feels guilty as he remembers his own sin that he disguises
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In Shakespear´s "Hamlet", the character of Prince Hamlet pretends to be insane. For a person in his situation, having almost everyone thinking that you are crazy can be an advantage. The king, his father, had died, and just a few weeks after his tragic loss, a ghost appears to Hamlet. This ghost has the appearance of his father. The spirit tells Hamlet that he did not die peacefully, but instead his brother, Claudius, murdered him by pouring venom into his ear. Claudius usurped the throne and also
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