Sweet Ophelia, Or Not?

Shannon Hess English 301 Professor Miliken Oct 15, 2001 redolence Ophelia, or not?         I desperately tried to exercise myself write this report on junctures madness. I had planned to equal/contrast Hamlet and Ophelias noetic states to prove that Hamlet was not actu each(prenominal)y insane. In analyze rough Ophelia and trying to understand why she went mad, I became to a greater extent and more curious ab by Ophelias chastity. The liking that Hamlet and Ophelia had a inner relationship is lacking in hard evidence, but the slightest come-at-ableness makes it probable, doesnt it? galore(postnominal) of the interactions concerning Ophelia in the lay out would be easier to understand if, in fact, there was a well-known(prenominal) relationship. Does this mean that Hamlet was preliminary in generalizing all females as lustful harlots? Certainly not. Ophelia belove Hamlet and she bankd that Hamlet loved her as well. Hamlet had promised to middleman up Ophelia and she trusted his word. A sexual relationship would return been unplowed quiet, but it would not have been unheard of. Without a sexual relationship, and with a perfect, good, perfect Ophelia, Hamlets attitude would be found all on what he saw as his mothers infidelity and betrayal. Is it possible that this one misfortune was enough to make Hamlet believe that all women ar lying, weak, incestuous whores?

        Two lines in the play make it short to assume that Hamlets treatment of Ophelia is because of his installation of all women. The first appears in Act I, Scene II, Frailty, thy epithet is charr! (Shakespeare, line 146) Hamlet is reminiscing on the relationship of his mother and father. It is unmixed that Hamlet feels betrayed by his mother. both of his life he has seen her pleasing his father and hanging on him as if increase of passion had grown/ By what it federal official on, and then within a month she marries his fathers brother (Shakespeare, line145). The date he has of his mother is shattered. He feels that... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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