Sweet Ophelia, Or Not?

Shannon Hess English 301 Professor Miliken Oct 15, 2001 Sweet Ophelia, or not?         I desperately tried to make myself write this report on settlements madness. I had planned to compare/contrast Hamlet and Ophelias intellectual states to prove that Hamlet was not actu each(prenominal)y insane. In analyze intimately Ophelia and trying to understand why she went mad, I became much and more curious about Ophelias chastity. The idea that Hamlet and Ophelia had a sexual relationship is lacking in hard evidence, but the slightest come-at-ableness makes it probable, doesnt it? numerous of the interactions concerning Ophelia in the lay out would be easier to understand if, in fact, there was a familiar relationship. Does this mean that Hamlet was distribute in generalizing all females as lustful harlots? Certainly not. Ophelia do it Hamlet and she bankd that Hamlet loved her as well. Hamlet had promised to get together up Ophelia and she trusted his wor d. A sexual relationship would boast been unplowed quiet, but it would not have been unheard of. Without a sexual relationship, and with a perfect, good, chaste Ophelia, Hamlets attitude would be establish all on what he saw as his mothers infidelity and betrayal. Is it possible that this one incident was enough to make Hamlet believe that all women are lying, weak, incestuous whores?

        Two lines in the play make it easy to assume that Hamlets treatment of Ophelia is because of his evocation of all women. The first appears in Act I, Scene II, Frailty, thy hit is charr! (Shakespeare, line 146) Hamlet is reminiscing on the relationsh! ip of his mother and father. It is logical that Hamlet feels betrayed by his mother. All of his life he has seen her pleasant his father and hanging on him as if increase of appetite had grown/ By what it fed on, and then within a month she marries his fathers brother (Shakespeare, line145). The image he has of his mother is shattered. He feels that... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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