In the play written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Ophelia is one of the most relevant characters. Ophelia is projected as an innocent and dependent young woman. She was a noblewoman, was not from the royalty but of high social class, born in Denmark to Polonius, chief counselor of the king. Ophelia also had a brother named Laertes. Ophelia lived in a men world where only males were educated and women were powerless and had no rights. Ophelia was not the exception on being treated like all women in those days were treated. She, just like any other women was told by men how to behave. The men who Ophelia obeyed were her father and her brother. Another man that was very influential in Ophelia’s life was her boyfriend Hamlet. She had to do