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    Literature Essay- Discuss how the construction of a character communicates the attitudes and values in Hamlet. The ideas and attitudes towards women have changed very much during the recent times‚ in fact it is a very modern idea that a woman is free from the control of the men around her; that she is able to make her own decision about where to work‚ where to live‚ whom to marry or even to not marry at all. It is only recent that a woman is considered an equal to the males in the community‚ that

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    Ophelia appears in the play as an obedient and a submissive young woman who is controlled by the men in her life. She is the daughter of Polonius‚ the sister of Laertes and the love interest of Hamlet. Ophelia is portrayed as a passive character who cannot stand up for herself and she is manipulated by the men in order for them to achieve their interests even if it means they have to sacrifice her. Ophelia is the example of all women in a patriarchal society where all the aspects of their lives are

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    The Flowers of Ophelia

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    The Flowers of Ophelia William Shakespeare uses different types of imagery to symbolize major themes and characters in his plays. Garden and flower imagery is a major theme in one of his most famous plays‚ “Hamlet”. Gardens are used to describe the atmosphere‚ while flowers help us understand the characters‚ especially Ophelia. Flowers play such a large role in this play and without this imagery we may not have been able to understand some major points discussed. When most people hear the

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    Ophelia is weak

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    Hamlet; in my opinion is Ophelia strong or weak? Ophelia is weak… In my opinion I believe that Ophelia is weak in many aspects of her Character in Hamlet. Firstly‚ I think she shows great weakness in the way she allows the men in her life to manipulate her throughout the play. Clearly‚ the main factor of manipulation is through her love and emotions towards Hamlet‚ which is continually used almost against her and to the men’s advantage. Her father and Claudius order Ophelia to meet

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    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) probably didn’t know the impact of his words writing "Hamlet" would affect the history of literature‚ playwriting and poetry. Written at the peak of his career‚ it’s considered his masterpiece and the most controversial of his works‚ not only because of its philosophical insights into human nature but for showing the reality of the political system during Elizabethan times and the abuse of power. If Shakespeare portrays these issues through strong male characters and

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    Ophelia Foreshadowing

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    Gertrude is that she is easily manipulated. Just after king Hamlet was murdered by king Claudius she easily fell for Claudius. Gertrude is a person that only thinks about her self and only thinks what she wants. She marries Claudius because she has to or eles she wouldn’t have the power of being called a queen of Denmark. She remarried so quickly one because she is easily manipulated so Claudius took her in because she would be moaning over king Hamlet. She also remarried so quickly because she wants power

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    In the lecture “Love and Friendship in Hamlet”‚ David Bevington discusses how the love and friendship of Hamlet and Horatio extends the reader’s knowledge on the general understanding of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The major topic of Bevington’s lecture is Love and Friendship between different characters in the play‚ and how they differ from each other. The first relationship that contributes to the reader’s understanding of Hamlet Bevington mentioned was between Hamlet and Horatio. To the reader’s knowledge

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    Ophelia Syndrome

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    Ophelia Syndrome Study Skills November 12‚ 2012 In the essays of Diagnosing and Treating Ophelia Syndrome and Everybody is Ignorant on Different Subjects two topics are discussed which are related‚ in that they both have to do with learning and being able to think as an individual. The Ophelia Syndrome is not processing the ability to create one’s own opinion. Ophelia is a character in the play Hamlet. She is described as a helpless child and has a “Lord” or authoritative figure that forces

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    Hamlet and Gertrude: Love or Hate Imagine it‚ while away at college you receive word that your beloved father who had seemed in good health only a short while ago has died leaving your mother and yourself. This situation would be enough to bring great depression to even the strongest of souls but for Hamlet‚ the fictional prince of Denmark in Shakespeare’s play of the same name‚ this is not his imagination but cruel reality. Not only has his father passed but‚ as if to mock the very memory

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    THE ROLES OF LAERTES AND OPHELIA AS CHARACTER FOILS TO HAMLET "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea‚ and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy‚ As he is very potent with such spirits‚ Abuses to damn me:" (2.2.58) In William Shakespeare’s classic drama‚ ’Hamlet’‚ the titular protagonist‚ Hamlet‚ is a dynamic‚ round character with constantly evolving traits. The character Hamlet‚ himself‚ interestingly‚ is not noted for

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