her unsuccessful relationship with Hamlet. Ophelia’s innocence‚ sweetness‚ and naïveté do factor in her committing suicide‚ but it is the realization that the men in her life all have dominance over her that leads Ophelia to her death. The death of her brother and father allows Ophelia to realize just how much say they had over her actions. After the death of these two men‚ Hamlet’s demeaning comments about her force her to transform into a cynical and “mad” character. Ophelia’s character
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critics focus on Ophelia one of the plays female characters‚ within the text Shakespeare conveys the treatment of women in Elizabethan society. In doing this‚ Ophelia is often utilized as an ultimate pawn by the men in her life; Laertes‚ Polonius‚ and Hamlet. As for a women’s social position they are define as being powerless. Ophelia’s brother Laertes is one of the characters that implements her for his desire and will because of her gender. In the tragedy Laertes converse win Ophelia exuding a tone
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the King is regicide. Also‚ like in Oedipus the King‚ there is a direct relationship between the state of the state and the state of their kings. Furthermore‚ there is also a relationship between Oedipus’ armed entrance into the bedroom in which Jocasta hanged herself‚ and Hamlet’s confrontation of Gertrude in her bedroom. Both plays share the emphasis on a tragic irony in the chain of events that lead up to ritual of catharsis‚ but the plot of Hamlet makes a much more complicated character than
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The Role of Jocasta in Oedipus the King The tragedy of Oedipus the King is among the world’s best known stories. Nis determination to know the truth of things‚ and his evident belief in the power of the individual to affect the world inspire both respect and pity. His wife and mother‚ Jocasta‚ seems almost a shadowy figure beside him. Certainly‚ she is less understood. Yet she‚ too‚ is worth of admiration should inspire both admiration and fear. For‚ like Oedipus himself‚ this essentiall pragmatic
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Oedipus away thinking it will change what happens to Laius; however‚ Oedipus came back‚ which was fate‚ to kill Laius‚ marry his mother‚ and was the only one to figure out the riddle and kill the sphinx. Also‚ suicide plays a role of free will because Jocasta‚ who hung herself‚ couldn’t deal with what was happening‚ and Oedipus‚ who tried to kill himself by gouging his eyes out‚ for he didn’t like what he found out about himself‚ and his past. You can say this story has both fate‚ and free will but it
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contrary direction at the same time.¡± In the play Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Ophelia¡¯s mind is pulled in conflicting directions between compelling desires‚ obligations‚ and influences. Ophelia is torn between her father along with her brother‚ and Hamlet. Ophelia¡¯s father and brother both caution her to Hamlet¡¯s advances and advise her to stay away. As Ophelia sees her brother away‚ Laertes warns Ophelia about the integrity of Hamlet¡¯s love. He says he might love her now‚ but she must
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Oedipus The King‚Oedipus was born with the curse that he would kill his father‚ Laios‚ and marry his mother‚ Jocasta. Oedipus tries to avoid his fate by running away from Corinth‚ however this causes him and Laios to meet one last time‚ and Oedipus ends up fulfilling the prophecy. With this in mind‚ the gods create a person’s predetermined fate‚ and no one can ever escape it‚ as Jocasta points out; “No mortal can practise the art of prophecy‚ no man can see the future.” (935). Oedipus The King
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no different for Oedipus when Apollo’s servants declared‚ “whatever child was born to him and me [Jocasta] would cause Laius’s death‚” (Sophocles 713). Knowing the unfortunate fate Oedipus inherited‚ Laius and Jocasta attempted to disprove the gods by attempting to kill Oedipus. “Laius yoked his feet and had a man abandon on the pathless hills to die” (719). At this point in the play‚ Laius and Jocasta were no longer in fear of these oracles coming true‚ as they believed Oedipus was dead. After being
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The garden motif in Hamlet contributes to characterization and theme. The characters Ophelia and Hamlet both find characterization within the motif‚ and the theme of corruption is depicted through the garden motif. Ophelia is the character most often associated with the garden motif. Flowers and weeds are intimately intertwined with Ophelia’s characterization. Initially‚ the flowers speak to Ophelia’s innocence and purity. In Act I‚ scene iii‚ Laertes seeks to give her advice upon his departure for
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Ophelia is probably pregnant. There is a bit to suggest the sexual nature of Ophelia and Hamlet’s relationship. Polonius‚ Ophelia’s father suggests this when he asks her about all the time alone she has been spending with Hamlet. “Tis told me‚ he hath very oft of late Given private time to you; and you yourself Have of your audience been most free and bounteous. . .” (1.3.91-94). Here Shakespeares is establishing that the couple does in fact spend a great deal of time alone together which was fairly
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