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    Ophelia associates with Hamlet because she loves in his noble status‚ and she imagined that Hamlet should be a good person like a gentleman as his high status. So‚ she wants true love with him but when Hamlet got mad‚ he turned to be another person like a bad guy. In this soliloquy‚ she complains about her bad fortune that she associated with Hamlet. She though that Hamlet position doesn’t look as good as it should be. She talks about her relationship with him and though how it should be in the future

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    Ophelia Syndrome Study Skills November 12‚ 2012 In the essays of Diagnosing and Treating Ophelia Syndrome and Everybody is Ignorant on Different Subjects two topics are discussed which are related‚ in that they both have to do with learning and being able to think as an individual. The Ophelia Syndrome is not processing the ability to create one’s own opinion. Ophelia is a character in the play Hamlet. She is described as a helpless child and has a “Lord” or authoritative figure that forces

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    How does Shakespeare introduce the theme of madness in the first two acts of Hamlet? It is debatable whether Hamlet’s apparent madness is natural‚ due to the series of previous events‚ or whether he feigns his madness. The first line of the play- ‘who’s there?’ immediately creates a sense of the unknown‚ and this is supported by the fear of a potential invasion from Norway on Denmark at the time the play is set. The first sign of Hamlet’s madness is evident when the Ghost departs after speaking

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    The Flowers of Ophelia William Shakespeare uses different types of imagery to symbolize major themes and characters in his plays. Garden and flower imagery is a major theme in one of his most famous plays‚ “Hamlet”. Gardens are used to describe the atmosphere‚ while flowers help us understand the characters‚ especially Ophelia. Flowers play such a large role in this play and without this imagery we may not have been able to understand some major points discussed. When most people hear the

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    Gertrude is that she is easily manipulated. Just after king Hamlet was murdered by king Claudius she easily fell for Claudius. Gertrude is a person that only thinks about her self and only thinks what she wants. She marries Claudius because she has to or eles she wouldn’t have the power of being called a queen of Denmark. She remarried so quickly one because she is easily manipulated so Claudius took her in because she would be moaning over king Hamlet. She also remarried so quickly because she wants power

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    prevailing view of Shakespeare’s character Ophelia as a fragile‚ subservient character‚ she possesses inherent emotional and intellectual complexity that has been suppressed by familial and societal obligations. A victim of patriarchal oppression and rejection‚ Ophelia is‚ in truth‚ a multi-dimensional figure displaying the intellectual and emotional intricacies of womanhood when confronted with the burdens of society. It seems on the surface that Ophelia is a simple-minded‚ easily dominated girl

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    Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher‚ Ph.D Chapters 1 - 3. 1. When Piper states “Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence”‚ what does she mean? Give examples. 2. Identify three factors that make girls vulnerable. 3. How to girls sometimes react to rape? 4. Briefly describe how adolescence affects young girls in the following areas: Physical (Selves) Emotional Thinking Academic Social Arena with family Social

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    Ophelia is a young woman who is the daughter of Polonius and the sister of Laertes. In the play‚ Ophelia is caught between her obedience to her father and her love for Hamlet‚ which results in tragic consequences. As a character who perfectly represents the “good girl” schema‚ Ophelia is the quintessential obedient daughter‚ a role demanded of all young women in the early 17th century. Her obedient nature can be seen in repeated quotes such as – “I shall obey my Lord‚” as she complies with her father’s

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    Ophelia Character Analysis

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    Ophelia: Better Off in a Nunnery Hana Travers-Smith Various characters in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet exhibit aspects of an “outsider”. The obvious choices being Claudius and Hamlet. Claudius appears to be freed from moral restrictions‚ while Hamlet represents the stereotypical isolated intellectual. However‚ both of them pale in comparison to the true outsider in the play: Ophelia. Both Claudius and Hamlet are too respected and entangled in the lives of others to be considered the ultimate estranged

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    the play Gertrude and Ophelia both of whom are passive (this is more expected of Ophelia given that she is a minor personage) in the play’s escalating drama and somewhat marginalised.Hamlet generally regards his mother as ‘corrupt’ and ‘lustful’ given her relationship with Claudius. Another iconic scene would be the ‘Nunnery Scene’ (Act 3 Scene 1). During a heated moment in the play Ophelia is told to go to nunnery by Hamlet after she returns his . “Get thee to a nunnery” Hamlet exclaims Hamlet’s

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