PPT-Ophelia Hamlet Ophelia Daughter of Polonius, Sister of Laertes and possible wife of Hamlet.

Ophelia doesnt feature much in the play but her role is to show Hamlets warped view of women as callous sexual predators and the innocence and virtue of women Shakespeareonlinecom. A caring father or a self-obsessed deceiver?. Polonius. Position:. A father to Ophelia and Laertes. The kings right hand man. Characteristics:. Persistent- Continuously tries to prove Hamlet is crazy. Brown and Bev. Representing Ophelia-. Elaine showalter. Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet. Shakespeare offers very little information from which to imagine a past for Ophelia. Cultural links between femininity, female sexuality, insanity, and representation. Hamlet has met up with his one true friend, . Horatio. . They are on their way back to the . castle. . It seems that, while on their way to . England. , . pirates. had attacked the ship Hamlet was on. In the confusion, Hamlet had gotten onto the pirate ship and managed to convince the pirates to bring him back home to . By: Sam Brown, . Seth . Brownmiller. , Stephanie . Falasca. , Cullen Flynn, Don Isaac, Neilson Lam, JJ Lavoie, and Megan Lauretti. Characteristics of Claudius. Fearful. Demanding. Manipulative. Schemer. . Yessika Halim . Daniel Tran . Maryjoyce Pascual .. . AP Literature . Mrs. Ogbeide . Period 01 .. . WISE. Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,. Nor any unproportioned thought his act.. Ashley Chu. Benhaire. Estrada. Merchelle. . Alegado. November 1. st. 2012. AP Literature. Analysis. Ophelia is a dynamic character that begins as in innocent young girl. . to becoming an insane individual. She’s dependent on men to tell her how to behave. She is the daughter of Polonius, the sister of Laertes, as well as Hamlet’s love interest. Ophelia is caught between her obedience to her father and her “love” Hamlet which leads to her madness and death. She remains maidenly singing songs about flower and finally drowning in the river. . Characters. Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Horatio. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern – . Friends of Hamlet, spying for Claudius..  Reynaldo - . Messenger for Polonius to Laertes, also going to spy on Laertes and make up . Yuzuka. . Ieta. Hamlet Act 4 Scene 5. Summary. Ophelia has gone mad with grief of her dead father. Ophelia approaches Gertrude but speaks only in poems and songs. Claudius enters and comments on Ophelia’s madness but also states that . By: Andrea Carlin and Tristin drake. Thesis. In Hamlet, written by Shakespeare, the female characters Ophelia and Gertrude both have intimate connections with Hamlet; Ophelia as his love-interest and Gertrude as his mother. The two women are foils to each other since Ophelia is an innocent and obedient maiden who dies under the hands of a powerful man, whereas to Hamlet, Gertrude is seen as promiscuous and unfaithful to her late husband by remarrying Claudius, who is also a powerful man who happened to kill her.. Advice. Laertes. : For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favor, / Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, / A violet in the youth of . primy. nature, / Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, / The perfume and . Two gravediggers banter while they work. The Graveyard scene, as its known, is rich in black humour. Their mock legal argument provides entertaining comic moments and some light relief. . Hamlet and Horatio arrive and Hamlet meditates on death, decay and the transitory nature of life. Hamlet concludes that death is the great leveller – regardless of social class it cannot be avoided.. Setting. Act 1. There was political turmoil between Hamlet and King Claudius and between Denmark and Norway. . Act 2. Mistrust builds between Hamlet and Claudius as the King uses close friends to try and figure out whether Hamlet is insane. . The prince of Denmark, son of Gertrude, nephew of Claudius, . and heir . to the throne. . Hamlet . is a deep thinker, focusing on impossible to . answer questions . about religion, death, truth, reality, and the motivations of others.. William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet   http://goo.gl/forms/FID9LLio1h The Tragedy of Hamlet William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark , around 1601, during the final years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It is considered by many to be the best play ever written.