Who Is Ophelia Innocent

“The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time,” (William Butler Yeats). Ophelia, a character in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, was shown as being innocent. Most of the things she has done she was told to do it. She was doing her best to please her father even if that meant breaking the one she love’s heart. She was still showed innocent when she went mentally insane after the death of her father. No one really knows if her death in the play was suicide or not. W.G. Simmonds’ “The Drowning of Ophelia” he showed that Ophelia’s death was an accident and that she is innocent. The painting shows her innocence with the way she looks, the back of her dress looks like angel wings, and biblical allusions
Ophelia in the painting looks very light in the painting. She is wearing a white dress and has blonde hair. Being light in both literature and art often times shows innocence. “White is often associated with being pure, fresh and good,” (“Learn About Colors and Symbolism”). Being dressed in white, shows that she was innocent and
It could be a reference to Jesus being crucified on the cross. He was innocent, yet was chosen to be crucified to save people from their sins. “It stands for suffering, triumph, and victory,” (“What Does The Cross Symbolize?”). In Ophelia’s case it could stand for the suffering of her brother away at college, breaking up with her boyfriend, and losing her father. It could be a biblical allusion to go along with the Garden of Eden in the play. “There is a willow grows aslant a brook, that shows his hoar leaves in glassy stream; there with fantastic garlands did she make of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples,” (Shakespeare 4.5.166-170). The queen talks about how she was in a garden before she drowned. Gardens are usually a biblical allusion to the Garden of Eden. The painting shows her being in a garden as well. The cross and the garden are the biblical