Essays on Ophelia

Mary Catherine Bolton (afterwards Lady Thurlow) (1790-1830) as Ophelia in 1813, opposite John Philip Kemble’s Hamlet While it is known that Richard Burbage played Hamlet in Shakespeare’s time, there is no evidence of who played Ophelia; since there were no professional actresses on the public stage in Elizabethan England, we may be certain that she…

Blake Nichol Dr. Susan Jones Composition II March 20, 2011 The Suicide of Ophelia is a topic that is romanticized by modern women, underestimated by literary critics, and somewhat disregarded by the general public. The character of Ophelia in “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” presents an intriguing puzzle – did she genuinely end her own life?…

Act 1 scene 1. Hamlet, Claudius, Marcellus, Horatio, Barnardo. This is where the ghost is first seen by Horatio, Marcellus and Barnardo, representing that the King’s spirit is still alive as he is not yet at peace. I feel sympathetic for Hamlet as in the next scene everyone is mourning over the King’s death and…

Evil For Evil’s Sake: An Analysis of the Nature of Evil In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Jake West What is it to be good? What is it to be evil? The more important question would more than likely be whether the two are decided by man’s society, or worse, man’s morality. At one point in time…

HAMLET’S FATAL FLAW:  THE ROLE OF OEDIPAL COMPLEX, IDEALISM, AND INDECISION  IN SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET by Khai Nguyen Paper #2B: Research Paper.  Draft #2 Prepared in Partial Completion of Requirements for English 201 with Professor Floren at MiraCosta College 6 October 2005 Table of Contents Thesis: His idealism in combination with his repressed desires for his mother…

The character of Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s Tragic History of Hamlet experiences a fluctuation between sanity and insanity. When he desires to take revenge, Hamlet pretends to be crazy, referred to as an “antic disposition” (I. V. 463). However, when he deems it necessary, Hamlet reverts back to his logical state. Hamlet himself acknowledges that…

Lakyn Stewart Drama Essay 4-28-2013 Ophelia: The Victim of Hamlet’s Actions William Shakespeare’s production, Hamlet, is based off of tragedy and revenge. Prince Hamlet learns that the mournful death of his father is indeed a purposely carried out plan devised by no other than his uncle Claudius. Claudius murders the king for selfish intentions of…

Hamlet is a well known character in the body of works of Shakespeare. The soliloquy signifies the derailed and arguments of a wearied soul trying to explain life and the consequences of hardships of thoughts’ impacts on decision makings throughout life which end with the beginning of death and the realm beyond. Is it true…

I believe that Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of the nunnery scene was the most effective out of all the ones we watched. This is because he used symbolism in the setting, included the entire text of Hamlet, and emphasized the shifts in tone between Hamlet and Ophelia, which conveyed the subtle themes and meanings of the…

ssaysThe Naivete of Hamlet Keeping secrets keep you isolated from your friends and make you very lonely. Hamlets loneliness, false friends, and betrayals cause his downfall to a great extent. The court of Denmark is filled with spies: Claudius hires Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to spy on Hamlet; Polonius spies on Hamlet in Gertrudes bedchamber; Polonius…