Sunday, March 2, 2014

Ophelia gone mad!

Ophelia is having a hard time dealing the death of her father, and she eventually ends up going mad, due to the fact that she cannot deal with it.   Unlike Hamlet, who has the opportunity to get revenge on the person who killed his father, Ophelia cannot( she obviously won't kill Hamlet).   Ophelia is now absolutely destroyed because of her father's death.   She says, "No, no, he is dead, Go to thy deathbed.  He never will come again.His beard was as white as snow." (4.5.163)  Ophelia realizes her father will no longer be with her," and she will not being able to go to her father when she has a problem like she did before. Ophelia feels like she cannot move on without her father alive  because she isn't strong.  I think that the reason why Ophelia goes insane is because her father was murdered. Her madness can also be caused by the fact that she does not think that Hamlet loves her as much as she  loves him, which makes her feel lonely. Earlier in the play, she realized that Hamlet's "love", was not actually love, but it was a spew of emotions because he was mad. "And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, that sucked the honey of his musicked vows" (3.1.156).  Ophelia fell for Hamlet's pretend love. But, not only does she have to face the fact that her dad is dead, she must also face the fact that Hamlet, the one she loves is the one who murdered him and doesn't even care, which would make anyone go crazy.  Ophelia now sees that she loves Hamlet but cannot put her trust into him, which is hard for her to do, especially without her father.