Ophelia as a Key word in Understanding the Role of Obedience, Love and Beautifulness in Shakespeare's Hamlet Play

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Dr. Ibrahim Adam Saide Daier

&nbsp;This paper takes Ophelia as a Key word in Understanding the Role of Obedience, Love and Beautifulness&nbsp;

in Shakespeare&rsquo;s Hamlet Play Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.&nbsp;

She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and potential wife of Prince Hamlet.&nbsp;

She is one of the few female characters in the play. In Ophelias first speaking appearance in the play, she is seen with&nbsp;

her other, Laertes, who is leaving for France. Laertes warns her that Hamlet, the heir to the throne of Denmark, does&nbsp;

not have the freedom to marry whomever he wants. Ophelias father, Polonius, enters while Laertes is leaving, and also&nbsp;

forbids Ophelia to pursue Hamlet, whom he fears is not earnest about her. This paper also examins how Ophelia was a&nbsp;

key number I n giving the play is universility among others .In Ophelias next appearance, she tells Polonius that Hamlet&nbsp;

rushed into her room with his clothing askew, and with a &quot;hellish&quot; expression on his face, and only stared at her and&nbsp;

nodded three times, without speaking to her. Based on what Ophelia told him, Polonius concludes that he was wrong to&nbsp;

forbid Ophelia to see Hamlet, and that Hamlet must be mad because of lovesickness for her.