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: Ruchita Kankrecha A.
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Paper
no : renaissance literature
Class
: sem 1
Topic
name : relationship between Ophelia and hamlet
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College
: Department of English
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INTRODUCTION
:
William
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23rd April 1564 and His father
William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary was the daughter
of a landowner. William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and 37 plays. These short
poems, deal with issues such as lost love and
His sonnets have an enduring appeal due to his formidable skill with
language and words.
“Let
me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit
impediments. Love is not love
Which
alters when it alteration finds,
Or
bends with the remover to remove:”
The
plays of Shakespeare have been studied more than any other writing in the
English language and have been translated into various languages and He was rare as a play-write for excelling in
tragedies, comedies and histories. He deftly combined popular entertainment
with an extraordinary poetic capacity for expression which is almost romantic in
quality.
“This above all: to thine ownself be true,
And
it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou
canst not then be false to any man.
Farewell:
my blessing season this in thee!”
Hamlet Act I, Scene 3
His
plays have retained an enduring appeal throughout history and the world and
Some of his most popular plays are
Henry
V
Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
Twelfth
Night
Romeo
and Juliet
King
Lear
One
famous dialogue from as you like it is,
“All
the world’s a stage,
and
all the men and women merely players:
they
have their exits and their entrances;
and
one man in his time plays many parts…”
As You
Like It, Act II
William
shakespeare’s famous quote is,
“Shakespeare,
no mere child of nature; no automaton of genius; no passive vehicle of
inspiration possessed by the spirit, not possessing it; first studied
patiently, meditated deeply, understood minutely, till knowledge became
habitual and intuitive, wedded itself to his habitual feelings, and at length
gave birth to that stupendous power by which he stands alone, with no equal or
second in his own class; to that power which seated him on one of the two
glorysmitten summits of the poetic mountain, with Milton’s his compeer, not
rival.”
HAMLET AS
A PROTAGONIST CHARACTER IN THE PLAY:
Hamlet
was a Prince of Denmark and the protagonist. In the play Hamlet is the son of
Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet and the nephew of the present king,
Claudius. Hamlet is melancholy, bitter, and cynical and full of hatred for his
uncle’s scheming and disgust for his mother’s sexuality. A reflective and
thoughtful young man who has studied at the University of Wittenberg, Hamlet is
often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive
acts.
He
is particularly drawn to difficult questions or questions that cannot be
answered with any certainty amd Faced many difficulties that his uncle murdered
his father evidence that any other character in a play would believe. Hamlet
becomes obsessed with proving his uncle’s guilt before trying to act. The standard
of “beyond a reasonable doubt” is simply unacceptable to him. He is equally
plagued with questions about the afterlife, about the wisdom of suicide, about
what happens to bodies after they die—the list is extensive. His famous
dialogue in the play was
"To be or not to be that is the
question"
Ophelia’s characters in the hamlet :
She
was Polonius’s daughter and a beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been
in love. Ophelia is a sweet and innocent young girl who obeys her father and
her brother, Laertes. She always Dependent on men to tell her how to behave and
she gives in to Polonius’s schemes to spy on Hamlet. Even in her lapse into
madness and death. she remains maidenly, singing songs about flowers and
finally drowning in the river amid the flower garlands she had gathered. She is
also important character in the play. Ophelia’s sung one song and that song was
And
will he not come again?
And
will he not come again?
No,
no, he is dead;
Go
to thy deathbed;
He
never will come again.
His
beard was as white as snow,
All
flaxen was his poll.
He
is gone, he is gone,
And
we cast away moan.
God
'a'mercy on his soul!
And
of all Christian souls, I pray God. God b' wi' you.
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN OPHELIA AND HAMLET :
Ophelia's
brother tries to save the future of her sister which shows his love for Ophelia
but On the other hand hamlet's love for Ophelia throughout the entire play is
foggy. Hamlet tells Ophelia that he loves her but then also says that he
doesn't love her. The reason he did that could be because he knows someone was
watching their conversation. He thinks that it is her father Polonius who is
keeping eye on them and planning to do something. On the other hand when Hamlet
tells Ophelia to go to the nuns and it shows how much love and care he has for
Ophelia. But he doesn't want to bring the child in the world because things are
not going right. Hamlet insanity makes some people think that he is crazy
because of the rejection of his love for Ophelia.
Unfortunately
for Ophelia she ends up being a victim of the larger circumstances of the
Hamlet's life. He treated her weirdly when he visited her room and he treats
her very rudely when they speak in Act 3. These two scenes though are Hamlet's
attempts to "put an antic disposition on" and act crazy in an attempt
to throw off Claudius and assure himself of Claudius's guilt. Hamlet's focus on
his revenge was primary, and he must do what he must to convince everyone that
he had lost his mind. That was why he told Ophelia that he never loved her and
that she should get herself to a nunnery. Those words are harsh, but necessary.
Hamlet was suspicious of being spied on and probably recognizes that Ophelia is
being used as "bait," so he said harsh things to her.
Hamlet
reveals what is probably his true feelings when he stands at her funeral. He
was devastated that Ophelia has died and likely recognizes that his treatment
of her and his killing her father are probably to blame for her death. He
boldly declares that he loved Ophelia and that "forty thousand brothers
could not (with all their quantity of love) make up my sum." He said that
he wishes he could be dead along with her. Even though Hamlet had an audience
here, he is speaking in verse and probably speaking from the heart in that
moment. It was a sad ending to what could have been a promising relationship.
It all links to one of the central themes of the play which was appearance
versus reality. There are so many instances in the play where characters
believe one thing but behave in an outwardly very different way because it
suits their purposes. Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia serve as an excellent
example of that.
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