Her initial denial comes from the rejection of her love by Hamlet, leading to anger and confusion. She then begins to bargain with herself, trying to understand why Hamlet has treated her so coldly. As the play progresses, Ophelia's depression deepens. She becomes overwhelmed by the events around her, ultimately leading to her tragic demise. Ophelia's story shows how grief can be not only a response to loss but also to rejection and disappointment.
In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Ophelia intentionally kills herself. Ophelia, stricken to her core by the heinous murder of her Father, Polonium, began experiencing hysteria. Spiraling into despair, Ophelia quickly drifted into madness eventually unable to coherently answer questions. In her final hours, Ophelia surrounded herself with the beauty of nature.
Ophelia’s mental health and emotion status from Act 4 scene 5 to 7 is like a horror movie because she’s in a position in her life where everything is horrifying and cannot get out. All the horrifying things she went through in Denmark made her feel like she was in hell. Ophelia has a unique development that has given her a permeable psyche because she’s motherless and mistreated by the men around her. Ophelia is used, mistreated, abused, confused and manipulated by the men in her life. In Act 3 of the book, Ophelia’s lover Hamlet killed her father and did not care.
Then Hamlet lies to her saying he never really loved her which made her situation worse. And she was set up to see why hamlet is acting crazy and is spied on by Claudius to see where hamlet is week. So, as you can see Ophelia is put
Ophelia goes mad throughout the story. She is overwhelmed by the loss of her father and the rejection of Hamlet. Her character is seen spiraling down a dark path that also ends in death. Ophelia is depicted as not having control over her actions; speaking and acting erratically. While Hamlet is speaking erratically and behaving oddly, he still maintains control over his actions and movement throughout the story.
In “Hamlet” William Shakespeare uses the character Ophelia to get to the men around her. She’s portrayed as a weak, trusting woman that tells her father and brother everything. They see her as a virtuous, unsuspecting, loyal daughter. Hamlet sees her differently. He sees her as an object, easily disposable.
At the same time, like another young lady in the Elizabethan time, she has to respect and obey her father unconditionally. Her father’s words are the defining rules and laws for her. In this way, Ophelia was torn between her love to Hamlet and her obedience to her father. The two forces are too overpowering and too contradicting that, eventually, it turns her to insanity. Helpless and desperate Ophelia is, she could not heal herself or protect herself from
Even though, for part of this play he treated her poorly, it could have been to make Ophelia forget about Hamlet and move on without the possibility of getting hurt. She ironically ends up dying in the
The male dominated society has forced Ophelia to rely on males for the whole life, thus it was the social norm that has deprived Ophelia’s opportunity to develop independency, which ultimately made her into an “abandoned puppet” as the death had taken Polonius away. As Sigmund Freud commented “Clearly, extreme environmental stress, pressure and heart break efficiently lead Ophelia into a state of melancholia and possible suicide.” (“Ophelia and feminism”), Ophelia is no longer protected in the society. She has no reason to continue her painful life as a woman. As a result, she finally makes a decision to kill herself which was the last agency as a
Did she really love him? Were her emotions confused enough to plunge her into insanity? Ophelia’s actions when she is talking to Hamlet, prove that she is heartbroken that her father is keeping Hamlet from her. When Hamlet denies ever loving her, it seems to send Ophelia into a state of questioning what is real, like her love with Hamlet.
Ophelia is grieving the loss of her father after Hamlet kills him. Ophelia doesn't know that Hamlet killed her father. But Ophelia has gone mad from learning about her father's death. Also, after Hamlet telling Ophelia that she needs to go to a nunnery, Ophelia is a little bit discouraged. She is discouraged because Hamlet had told her before that if Ophelia would sleep with him that they would get married.
We soon find out that she even started to reject all of Hamlet's letters and refused to see him any longer. Ophelia is powerless. She has no control over her relationships, her activities, her voice, and
In “Hamlet” a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, the death of a character is an occurring event. William Shakespeare uses imagery and allusion to demonstrate the result of manipulation from other characters upon Ophelia, daughter of Polonius, and leading up to her death. Her death was not the consequence of disgraceful actions of her own, but rather by the involvement of others and their influence on her life. Hamlet’s apparent rejection of her love and her father’s personal vindictive leads up to her simple-minded state, entering a world of madness. She has now gone mad, singings nonsense songs and giving people flowers that she has picked from the garden.
At the beginning of the play, Ophelia didn’t have the strongest mind in the room, but she certainly wasn’t broken as she was towards the end of the tragedy. There were certainly clues of Ophelia’s downfall, as she was easily broken and constantly used as a political tool instead of being treated as a human being. Shakespeare has the reader notice this, which makes them uneasy from the start about Ophelia’s character. There are constant moving parts in this play, most of which have the consequence of being negative to Ophelia. The suspense in the play builds regarding Ophelia’s character when Hamlet admits that he never loved her, making the reader worry about the girl since it was cruel and Ophelia truly loves Hamlet.
In the “nunnery scene” which is played in Hamlet, Ophelia (as per her father’s and King Claudius’ instruction) attempts to push Hamlet away. As Hamlet realizes that Ophelia is trying to cut ties with him, his mood changes from sweet and loving to angry and sour. In a fit of rage Hamlet curses Ophelia’s name, ruins her name in a public setting and leaves her, upset (and crying in most adaptations) as she expresses her sorrow about having to leave Hamlet. In Ophelia’s soliloquy following her interaction with Hamlet, Ophelia mourns the loss of her ‘one true love’ and the way that Hamlet was behaving.
