We are introduced to the character of Ophelia in Act1, scene 3. ... Her characters role is to highlight how corruption affects those around it. Being surrounded by evil, calculating characters such as Claudius and her father Polonius tarnished her purity. The poison of corruption reached Ophelia and resulted in the destruction of her character. ... Whe Laertes discovers that Ophelia has gone mad in Act 4 scene 5he declares " O rose of may, dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia". ...

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Ophelia plays a very interesting and important character in the plot. ... So he decided to test Ophelia's loyalty. ... At this point Hamlet knows Ophelia is lying. ... Ophelia is a good-hearted character, but her child-like mind allows her to be taken advantage of. ... First he would use Ophelia to cure Hamlet's madness. ...

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Ophelia portrays many different character traits that will be explained throughout this essay. ... Another character trait shown throughout Hamlet is Ophelia's obedience. ... Many people dislike Ophelia saying that the story could be virtually the same without her character. However, not only are her character traits developed by the people around her but she helps give other characters their defining traits. ... All in all, Ophelia is a complicated character that has trouble defining who she is as a person but yet manages to have her character traits shine through regardless of the circ...

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Like most of the typical Shakespearian plays, Ophelia is a female character, who is torn between family tie and personal love. ... When Laertes tells her about Hamlet's lust not love for her, Ophelia immediately responds No more but so? (I. 3. 9. 22) In Act III, Ophelia ends up in a very compromising situation. ... Being sold out by your own father seems bad enough, but even worse, poor Ophelia is forced to betray her lover. ... How ironic and overwhelming a disaster for the free-spirited and innocent Ophelia to take in. ...

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Therefore Ophelia could not become Hamlet's wife. ... Ophelia answers that she will "the effect of this good lesson keep." ... He warns Ophelia that she "must not" take Hamlet's promises for "fire." ... Exhausted with so much advice, Ophelia simply gives in. ... Henceforth, the advice has great effect on the young character, as we see in the next Act. ...

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The tragedy of Hamlet was an extremely fascinating play with a lot of people exceptionally intriguing characters that did an incredible numerous chivalrous and baffling things regardless of the complexity and difficulty to comprehend the genuine identity William Shakespeare expected for each. Ophelia represents one of the two ladies caught between men set out for reprisal. ... This dismissal is really an aftereffect of what ought to be one of Ophelia's sure character characteristics, her dutifulness. ... Her father caused Ophelia's insanity as does Hamlet's dismissal heaped on ...

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Polonius is, in general, an untrusting, sneaky, scheming character and I am sure that Hamlet knew this about him. ... When Ophelia asks him how his honor is, he humbly thanks her and says that he is well. ... When Ophelia attempts to return Hamlet's letters, he denies them by saying, "No, not I. ... Ophelia is clearly confused by these two homonyms as she simply asks, "What means your lordship?" ... As Ophelia prays out, "Oh heavenly powers, restore him!" ...

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Literary Analysis Discuss the theme of madness in the play. ... Majority of the main characters throughout the play show small or large behaviors and qualities of anger. ... Out of all the characters, Ophelia and Hamlet can mainly be portrayed as the ones going mad throughout the story. ... The next to "go mad" is Ophelia. ... As Ophelia and Hamlet whine down with their relationship and emotional state, Ophelia is found dead in a small creek. ...

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Hamlet Character Analysis Hamlet is a complex character with multiple character traits that lead him through his many confusing and often conflicting actions throughout the play. ... In this way, Hamlet is using his power of analysis, and therefore cannot be truly crazy. ... With his actions of insanity, Hamlet essentially pushed Ophelia into suicide. ... Hamlet is also a melancholy and almost depressed character. ... All in all, the character of Hamlet is a complex character with many conflicting aspects and characteristics which are revealed in the play Hamlet. ...

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While reading Hamlet, as the reader focus on one character, the reader can examine why that character is significant in the play. ... Gertrude's character made it seem like she didn't care for Hamlet and her only priority was King Claudius. ... By the time everything went chaotic with Hamlet accidentally killing Polonius, Ophelia and Laertes father, and Ophelia getting wacky ever since she found out her father died in Act 3 Scene 4 to Act 4 Scene 5, Gertrude is trying to push everybody to the side, especially Ophelia. ... Gertrude feels guilty what happened to Ophelia. ... She was on...

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Polonius, in Hamlet, is a minor character whose deceitful ways show the audience that he is one of many characters who lack sincerity and integrity. ... These aspects of his character are exposed in his relationships with the King, Ophelia, and Laertes. ... We find him constantly doing dishonorable deeds, yet he is preaching to Ophelia to act honorably. ... This is exposed throughout his relationships with the King, Ophelia, and Laertes. Polonius, in Hamlet, is a minor character whose deceitful ways show the audience that he is one of many characters who lack sincerity and integrity. ...

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Hamlet is a complex character with multiple character traits that lead him through his many confusing and often conflicting actions throughout the play. ... In this way, Hamlet is using his power of analysis, and therefore cannot be truly crazy. ... With his actions of insanity, Hamlet essentially pushed Ophelia into suicide. ... Hamlet is also a melancholy and almost depressed character. ... All in all, the character of Hamlet is a complex character with many conflicting aspects and characteristics which are revealed in the play Hamlet. ...

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An Analysis of Madness in The Tragedy of Hamlet Was Hamlet mad? ... Other characters could sometimes notice that this madness was artificial. ... When Hamlet is around Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern, he behaves irrationally. ... While on the other hand, Ophelia's face had become flushed and her body movement harmful. ... All in all, Hamlet's madness in no way reflects Ophelia's true madness, his actions actually contrast them. ...

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Hamlet is also a brave and daring character. ... This temper was expressed during the conversation between Hamlet and Ophelia when she tried to return the gifts that Hamlet gave to her. ... Bitterly commenting on the wretchedness of humankind, he urges Ophelia to enter a nunnery rather than become a "breeder of sinners" (III, i, 122-123). ... Working himself into a rage, Hamlet denounces Ophelia, women, and humankind in general, saying that he wishes to end all marriages. ... These are three of Hamlet's character traits as seen in Shakespeare's Hamlet. ...

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Complex Hamlet Upon examining Shakespeare's characters in this play, Hamlet proves to be a very complex character, and functions as the key element to the development of the play. ... We experience the same feelings as the characters do, and thus become involved. ... Through his over-analysis he seems to be almost talking himself out of doing his job. One of Hamlet's most renown traits is his over-analysis of conversational topics and situations in which action must be taken. ... Hamlet and Ophelia both shared the trait of having calculated thoughts, Ophelia's singing and H...

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The main characters in Hamlet include Hamlet, Cluadius, Polonius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, and Horatio. ... The main character is Hamlet. ... He is a deceptive character. ... Ophelia is another character. ... Ophelia's brother is Laertes. ...

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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the main character and his sanity can be discussed. ... Hamlet's behavior throughout the play, especially towards Ophelia is inconsistent. He jumps into Ophelia's grave, and fights with Laertes in her grave. He professes I loved Ophelia. ... Hamlet: Character Analysis Over the centuries many people have complained that William Shakespeare did an inadequate job of steering the readers of Hamlet to a specific interpretation of each character. ...

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Hamlet's strength of character is in fact highlighted by his desire for the truth. ... Hamlet's nobility and decency are not diminished by his inability to take immediate revenge, but his rash and impulsive actions in slaying Polonius and arranging the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do affect an analysis of the nobility of his character. ... Hamlet's persecution of his mother and vituperation of Ophelia is equally difficult to excuse. ... He feels betrayed by his mother and rejected by Ophelia. ... Hamlet is an incongruous and contradictory character. ...

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Claudius and Hamlet Claudius & Hamlet, would the inhumane and sick character please step forth. Upon reading the sampling of Hamlet criticisms in John Jump's Hamlet (Selections) I disagreed with a few of the critics, but my analysis was the most different from Wilson Knight's interpretation. ... This is clearly demonstrated through his relationship with the fair Ophelia. ... Later in this scene he tells Ophelia that she should go to a nunnery. ... Hamlet is also responsible for the death of Ophelia's father, Polonius. ...

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Through an analysis of several important scenes and the actions of the characters involved, Shakespeare's message about the importance of both reason and passion becomes evident. ... Hamlet writes endlessly to Ophelia, and the reader sees his character as a slave to the passion of love and feelings. ... But if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself. (5,1 14-17), Ophelia must have killed herself. ... Laertes does not rationally guide himself, and like Ophelia, dies at the course of his own actions. ... (1,2 102-105) It is of importance to note that Claudiu...

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Character Analysis Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: The character of Hamlet dominates Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, yet Hamlet at the start of the play is not a commanding figure. ... But the change in Hamlet's character takes place in scene i of Act V, and is expressed in his self-assertion that he is "Hamlet the Dane." ... A complex personality at the play's start, Hamlet is all the more fascinating because he undergoes dramatic character development. ... We have the sense that Polonius is a stock comic character misplaced in a bloody tragedy. Ophelia: A completely in...

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Hamlet is one of, if not, the most complex character Shakespeare had ever created. The character of Hamlet goes through several psychological changes throughout the course of the play, Hamlet. ... He convinced his mother (Gertrude) and Polonius that he was mad toward the fair Ophelia, mad for her love. ... From Hamlet presuming to be mad, speaking hastily to Ophelia, rewriting some lines in the play, to his very words up to the bearing of the truth, "What, frighted with false fire? ... Shakespeare's incite on this character's psychoanalytical ways are pure genius. ...

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For me, who seeks to treat others like I want to be treated, will only accomplish this through great analysis of the person and his act. ... Hamlet and Laertes are two similar characters that are part of this rare situation, which changes the perception man has on revenge. ... Hamlet mourns Ophelia's death yelling he "loved Ophelia; forty-thousand brothers could not with all their quantities of love/Make up [his] sum"(5.1.255-257). ... Not only does Laertes fight through the obstacles of revenge, but acknowledges them; demonstrating that this journey has strengthened his character. ... Th...

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Holland's characterization and analysis of Horatio and of Fortinbras is hardly groundbreaking and is easily supported by the text of the play. Holland's analysis of Hamlet, however, is thought provoking and begs further investigation. ... When Ophelia goes mad, the Queen refuses to see her. Horatio points out to the Queen the negative effects of not seeing Ophelia: ""Twere good she were spoken with. ... The tragic hero, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark was not a man solely embodying either of the preceding two character sketches. ...

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Hamlet has the queen character in his play pledging to remain loyal to the dead king. ... (Iiii.132-134) Ophelia obeys her father and rejects Hamlet. Later, Polonius believes he has made a mistake - Hamlet does love Ophelia: "I loved Ophelia; forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum."" ... The next time we see Ophelia her father is dead and she is in the midst of a deep depression. ... He reacts cruelly to Ophelia's rejections. ...

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