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1. Ophelia is in Shakespeare's play
Hamlet
Sam Smithers
10ro
Homework assignment
2. • Ophelia is from Denmark
• She is the lover of Hamlet the main character
• Ophelia is caught between her obedience to her
father and her love for Hamlet, which has tragic
consequences
• Ophelia is an protagonist
• Daughter of Polnius and sister of Laertes
• She is prostituted by her father
• She is obedient.
3. What type of play is it
• Hamlet is a play with many themes
• Hamlet is a tragedy
• Themes in hamlet are; Indecision, Revenge,
Retribution, Deception, Ambition, Loyalty and
Fate
• Frailty thy name is woman
4. • is set in the late middle ages 1300-1499
• It is set around the royal palace
• Set in Elsinore, Denmark
5. • Ophelia faces many conflicts in hamlet.
• Person vs Person
Ophelia loves Hamlet and Hamlet uses Ophelia
He pretends not to love her he uses her proneness to
emotion to get what he wants from her.
Person vs self
Ophelia loves Hamlet but her Dad disapproves of him causing
her to battle with her self on weither to follow her heart or
what her dad says.
6. • Prince Hamlet mourns death of both his
parents, Queen Gertrude's remarriage to
Claudius. Hamlet sees his fathers ghost whom
tells him that Claudius has poisoned him. Hamlet
promises revenge. He kills the eavesdropping
Polonius, the court chamberlain. Polonius's son
Laertes returns to Denmark to avenge his father's
death. Polonius's daughter Ophelia loves Hamlet
but his behaviour drives her insane. Ophelia dies
by drowning. A battle takes place and ends with
the death of Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and
Hamlet.
7. • At the Start of Hamlet , Ophelia is Happy and innocent She is
obedient to her father "I shall obey my Lord" , She is
connected to the courtyard through her Father , She loves her
Father but also wants to stay true to her true love
• Through Ophelia we see how hamlet turns into a man who
believes all woman are whores, Ophelia is prostituted by her
father
• Ophelia has no control over her body, her relationships, or her
choices- She is forced to join a nunnery by Hamlet.
8. Ophelia goes crazy as her Father and Brother try to
persuade her to not see Hamlet whom she loves.
She obeys and brakes up with Hamlet , falling victim of
his rage and manipulation, Hamlet then accidently kills
her father leaving Ophelia with no family in the area,
Ophelia is then alone and has no one to trust her
innocents is not able to cope with all the issues that
are occurring and she falls into depression, this makes
her go mad and drown, which many people believe is
suicide, in the middle of the play.
10. "I shall obey my Lord“- Ophelia is obedient towards her father
"The fair Ophelia“- used to describe Ophelia
Say you? Nay, pray you, mark. [Sings.] “He is dead and gone, lady,
He is dead and gone;
At his head a grass-green turf
At his heels a stone.” – Ophelia after finding out her dad is dead.
“get thee to a nunnery”- Hamlet wanting her to go to a nunnery because he
believes she is a whore.
