Monday, May 18, 2015

Ophelia

                    Ophelia in the play had very mixed emotions. She first seemed like this very innocent

girl, then as the play proceeded on you saw her dark side. She was a very humble character to Hamlet

in the start of the play but as it proceeded on she showed how she really felt towards Hamlet and

everyone else in the Kingdom. The loss of her father is what really sent her over the edge, she starts

going mad. She starts breaking things yelling at the king and queen and crying her eyes out. The loss

of her father is the main reason of her actions. Ophelia was close to her father and loved him dearly.

When he passed Ophelia was heart broken and her love for Hamlet, since he is going to get banished

must've made her give up on her life.
     
                        News hit that Hamlet was acting crazy and was going to get sent to England and

Ophelia knew her love for Hamlet would never end. Hamlet treated Ophelia like and prince should

treat a princess, even though she was told that she shouldn't trust the things Hamlet said to her.

Basically Ophelia's life was full of confusion and hate between the ones closest to her. Its no wonder

she took her life.

                      The two main loves in her life are gone and now she decides to take her life, but why?

I think there's more to it. Was she pressured by the influences that Hamlet really didn't love her at all?

She seemed like she was unsure about it and it may have influenced her to take her life which is why

she did. As for her father's death, it was mostly an accident of how he died and her true love had

killed him thinking it was Claduius. She may not know that it wasn't on purpose but her love has just

killed her father its a tough situation for Ophelia to be in. This is why I feel she had taken her life

cause her father's death had come from another one she loved most as well. She didn't know who to

go to anymore since the ones she loved most are gone. She took her life since she had no other love

to cherish.

                  

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