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Ophelia
Title: Ophelia
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1072 | Pages: 4.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ophelia
In Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the death of a character becomes a frequent event. Although many people lose their lives as a result of their own self-centered wrong-doing, there are others whose deaths are a result of manipulation from other main characters in the tragic play. This is the case of Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius. The real tragedy of Hamlet is not that of Hamlet or his family but of Polonius’ family because their …showed first 75 words of 1072 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1072 total…river. Over her is a shadow of one of the male characters in the play (probably Hamlet). It shows although Ophelia might have committed suicide, it was the actions of Hamlet that brought her to that point. It says that there is doubt in her death and a much deeper meaning. A shadow being cast over something is an indication of something out of place or rotten, which is just what Ophelia’s death was.
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