debate the outcome and reasoning of each event. Hamlet’s love interest‚ Ophelia‚ has the greatest ties to love. She experiences love in many ways‚ including blind love and loss of love. Shakespeare uses Ophelia to show that love does not conquer all‚ and that blind love leads to insanity. Love causes Ophelia to lose the voice every person deserves to have. Losing this freedom for the ones she loves
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In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Ophelia is bombarded by pressures from all around her. Because of her role as a female‚ Ophelia must succumb to the orders given to her by those around her. As a result‚ Ophelia must take orders and any aftermath that may come from it. As a result‚ Ophelia is pushed to death by her obedience‚ abuse from Hamlet‚ and her spiral into madness. From the beginning of the play‚ it is clear that Ophelia plays the role of an obedient daughter and sister to her family. Before
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a nunnery’ Hamlet tells Ophelia "Get thee to a nunnery"; the word "nunnery" is ambiguous because while in addition to referring to a convent‚ which is what the word would probably seem to mean to most people‚ "nunnery" was a euphemism for "brothel" in Elizabethan time‚ probably Hamlet was underscoring that‚ because beforehand‚ he calls Polonius a "fishmonger" which is a slang term for agent of prostitutes. Therefore‚ the audience is unsure whether Hamlet wishes Ophelia should save her purity or
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Suffering Brought About by Hamlet Hamlet‚ a tragic love story‚ begins with Hamlet and Ophelia being forbidden to see each other by Ophelia’s father. Eventually‚ as the play continues‚ Hamlet begins to lash out not only at Ophelia‚ but at all who attempt to get close to him‚ as a result of his father’s death. Amidst Hamlet’s bouts of “madness” he hurts many of those who love him‚ including Ophelia. Throughout Hamlet‚ Ophelia consistently suffers as a result of the actions of her love interest‚ Hamlet‚
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In the play Oedipus the King we identify the classic tragic hero. The character Oedipus Rex plays the role of the tragic hero perfectly. He shows the three main characteristics being talented and of noble birth‚ possessing a tragic flaw that causes the downfall and pain of everyone‚ and the recognition of responsibility. Oedipus’s first characteristic of being a tragic hero is being talented and of noble birth. Oedipus was talented because during his journey to runaway form his curse‚ the oracle
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FATE AS EVIL: As a puppet of fate‚ Oedipus cannot affect the future that the oracle has predicted for him. This does in fact seem to be an important message of the story; no matter what Jocasta says about the unreliability of oracles‚ their predictions all come true. In an attempt to change fate‚ both Jocasta and Oedipus changed the structure of their
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critics focus on Ophelia one of the plays female characters‚ within the text Shakespeare conveys the treatment of women in Elizabethan society. In doing this‚ Ophelia is often utilized as an ultimate pawn by the men in her life; Laertes‚ Polonius‚ and Hamlet. As for a women’s social position they are define as being powerless. Ophelia’s brother Laertes is one of the characters that implements her for his desire and will because of her gender. In the tragedy Laertes converse win Ophelia exuding a tone
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Oedipus away thinking it will change what happens to Laius; however‚ Oedipus came back‚ which was fate‚ to kill Laius‚ marry his mother‚ and was the only one to figure out the riddle and kill the sphinx. Also‚ suicide plays a role of free will because Jocasta‚ who hung herself‚ couldn’t deal with what was happening‚ and Oedipus‚ who tried to kill himself by gouging his eyes out‚ for he didn’t like what he found out about himself‚ and his past. You can say this story has both fate‚ and free will but it
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thought-provoking characters during his whole career as a playwright. Perhaps one of the most intriguing female characters we encounter is Ophelia in the play Hamlet. During the 19th century when Hamlet was produced‚ Ophelia was a beloved character by all of Hamlet’s readers. She began to encompass the virtues of grace while simultaneously being heartbroken and mad in love. While Ophelia was a major character in life‚ she also had a substantial role in the play after her death. This sense of double the influence
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need of assistance. In Hamlet‚ Ophelia is parallel to Hamlet in the events that occur‚ showing that death is an equalizer of even the deepest misogyny. Laertes and Polonius control Ophelia’s actions. Laertes says to Ophelia‚ “Or lose your heart or your chaste treasure open/ To his unmastered importunity./ Fear it Ophelia; fear it‚ my dear sister” (I.ii.35-37). When faced with the dilemma surrounding the relationship with Hamlet‚ Laertes instills fear into her. Ophelia accepts this
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