What is between you? Well, God dild you! – “ By the Way, Ophelia is Pregnant ” is a witty commentary by Alex Epstein from his blog “Crafty Screenwriting.” Benji found it and sent it to me, so he is really to credit for this blog post! I definitely feel that before Polonius dies she is effected by how Hamlet treats her, which the argument I made in my post. Ophelia’s random singing was the first sign of madness when I first read it because instead of trying to save herself from drowning she was just calmly singing and letting the heavy water pile on top of her and her clothing. Elaine Showalter wrote “there is no 'true' Ophelia for whom feminist critics must 0603816 4 unambiguously speak, but perhaps only a Cubist Ophelia of multiple perspectives, more than the sum of all her parts.” (Showalter 238) In this case, to represent … You are as good as a chorus, my lord. What's the matter? Over all, your post cleared up some misconceptions for me and went in depth on a character I would have liked to discuss more in class. His name's Gonzago. By Tan Kabra April 29th, 2009 Why Countries Go To War There are many reasons why countries go to war. What is't, Ophelia, he hath said to you? ladies. William Shakespeare's Hamlet follows the young prince Hamlet home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral. To a nunnery, go. Where's your Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, I really liked the points you made about Ophelia and her madness. me mad. For in that sleep of death what dreams may come His access to me. Be something scanter of your maiden presence. Ophelia. That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no Gertrude. Or would her fate be the same? And there is pansies, that's for thoughts. (Act IV, Scene v., lines 68-70) No, no, he is dead, Gone to thy deathbed, He will never come again. We see in act III that Ophelia is shaken by how Hamlet is treating her harshly where before he was kind and gentle. Laertes. choose but weep to think they would lay him i' th' cold ground. An thou hadst not come to my bed. In the begining of the play Ophelia knows that Hamlet loves her yet decides to keep her distance because her brother tells her to. For Lord Hamlet, The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune It sends some precious instance of itself (stage directions). A minor character most often remembered for going mad and doling out flowers. At his head a grass-green turf, (Sings) He is dead and gone, lady, translate beauty into his likeness. We shall know by this fellow. Enemies Quotes.. Ophelia. Her death can be viewed as a suicide which is what I had originally thought, but now after reading what you wrote, it can be viewed as Ophelia seriously becoming mad from all the tragedy she faced all at once. Great points! I still don’t know if I see Ophelia’s death as a suicide because of the fact that her clothes led to her death and all, but with all of the circumstances around her, I think that she definitely did not fight her death for a purpose. Polonius. Ophelia’s maddness I believe, like you, is caused be her loss of her loved ones. That flesh is heir to. But, good my brother, OPHELIA Well, God 'ild you! Laertes. inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. Thoughts and remembrance fitted. i.e. "Madam, I swear I use no art at all./ That he is mad 'tis true 'tis pity" (II.ii.96-97). While it is evident that Ophelia is grieving over the death of her father, Polonius, as Horatio says of her “She speaks much of her father, says she hears / There’s tricks in the world, and hems, and beats her heart” (4.5.4-5), a secondary cause of Ophelia’s madness may be in fact about her failed relationship with Hamlet as well. Terms in this set (22) Ophelia's displays of obedience, Act 1 Sc. Images and staged photographs of Ophelia-like mad women, taken in asylums and hospitals, anticipated the fascination with the erotic trance of the hysteric which would be studied by the Parisian neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and his student Sigmund Freud. SO many questions that are generated by your post. And that in way of caution- I must tell you Hamlet. Hamlet. Polonius. No, my good lord; but, as you did command, I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious; with more offences at my I also wondered why she doesn’t reach out to her brother for comfort, with him being so determined to seek revenge for their father, and I wonder how the plot would have changed as he stepped in to comfort her like he should have. I think your suggestion that Ophelia’s madness is also the consequential result of her failed relationship with Hamlet is totally credible. Tender yourself more dearly, I really liked the points you brought up about Ophelia, I wrote about her in my blog post as well. I also think that before Ophelia died Hamlet had a huge effect on her which might have played a huge role with her death. It is likely that Ophelia has fixated upon Hamlet’s “detestable” oath breaking so much so that in not requiting her love, Hamlet has broken both her heart and her poor mind. The evidence suggesting that she is simply mourning her father is obvious, as lines from one of her many “songs” points towards grieving over an aged relative “His beard as white as snow / All flaxen was his poll” with flaxen here indicating a white or grayed head of hair (4.5.190-191). [Exit Reynaldo.] And convoy is assistant, do not sleep, I say, we will have no moe marriages. I really enjoyed your post any how you revolved it around what you considered to be Ophelia’s madness. The fleeing from marraige, I thought was caused do to a lack of purity in Ophelia. My brother shall know of it; and so I thank you for your good Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia! Ophelia. There aren’t any other characters in the play that her references to promised love could be accountable for And recks not his own rede. Then if he says he loves you, (IV. Thus, "Her speech is nothing." Ophelia. Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so. Hi Sam, Pray you, love, Ophelia's apparent lack of individual thought, Act 1 Sc. She has no way to prevent the death of her father, and no way to reason with the loss of Hamlet’s affection. No hat upon his head, his stockings foul'd, Young men will do't if they come to't (Sings) White his shroud as the mountain snow-. Till our scale turn the beam. Top Ophelia Quotes. me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me. When he himself might his quietus make Than fly to others that we know not of? Because of these is, Ophelia certainly is one of the most pitiable characters in Hamlet, and perhaps one of the only characters whose “madness” is justifiable. Test. I think that you’re absolutely right in saying that Ophelia’s insanity is caused by a combination of Polonius’s death and Hamlet’s spurning of her, and murder of her father. Write. Pressure from the men around her drive her mad. not. He says that if Ophelia were to marry, she'd turn her husband into a "monster," or a cuckold (cuckolds were thought to have horns like monsters) because she would inevitably cheat on him (3.1.151); and then he follows up these sweet nothings with a little "I loved you not" (3.1.129). In honourable fashion. Breathing like sanctified and pious bawds, Further explicit references to Ophelia’s father, such as “I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died. He took me by the wrist and held me hard; Come your ways. No more. And to the last bended their light on me. Ay, springes to catch woodcocks! And therefore must his choice be circumscrib'd Laertes. Take these again; for to the noble mind A document in madness! Hadst thou thy wits, and didst persuade revenge, I do think that she is a tragic character in this play, and I do think that it is in a pitiable way, because of the events that she has gone through. I humbly thank you; well, well, well. That I have longed long to re-deliver. So shall I hope your virtues This is the very ecstasy of love, Laertes. She is used as a ploy by her father to test Hamlet’s maddness. You should not have believ'd me; for virtue cannot so To grunt and sweat under a weary life, He never will come again. But let me hear from you. Spell. Ophelia. For us, and for our tragedy, given you one face, and you make yourselves another. There are further references to Ophelia’s father, such as “I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died,” show Ophelia’s shattered mental state, as she is constantly fixating on the death of Polonius, so much that everything reminds her of his passing (Shakespeare IV 180-181). Sam, After the thing it loves. With the loss of her father, brother, and her lover all extremely close together is enough to make anyone go mad I suppose. To both your honours. Ophelia. I too wrote about Ophelia, however based it on her heartbreaking death. I know the focus is mainly on Hamlet and his questionable madness, but in a way I definitely see how Ophelia went somewhat mad as well! Go to thy deathbed; Discusses the dramatic significane of the 'mad' scenes in Shakespeare's play. Her acerbic son James even lampshades this: "The mad scene. This was sometime a paradox, By heaven, thy madness shall be paid by weight And you yourself shall keep the key of it. sinners? If with too credent ear you list his songs, And, with his other hand thus o'er his brow, At that point in time, it seemed to be an attribute to Ophelia letting herself go; but since you are comparing and including it within the madness of Ophelia I now find myself second guessing whether or not it was her letting herself go or if she was in fact mad. STUDY. Pray you mark. The views and opinions expressed by the authors and other contributors to this blog are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of SUNY New Paltz or any employee thereof. counsel. Sam, Quotes. What noise is that? To be your Valentine. My lord, he hath importun'd me with love Laertes. Enter Ophelia!" It is almost as though the natural order has been disturbed by the death of King Hamlet and Ofelia is a casualty in the war to get the state of Denmark to not be quite so rotten…. That unmatch'd form and feature of blown youth nancebarnsley. I agree with the fact you believe her suicide is due to both her father’s death and her complex relationship with Hamlet. [Enter Ophelia.] He answers: Perhaps he loves you now, Ophelia. In this quote, Hamlet is on stage alone during soliloquy. I am sorry. Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring? Hold it a fashion, and a toy in blood; Go to, go to! Ophelia. But, we can’t ignore the lines that signify the other figure her grieving is fixated upon: Hamlet. Common questions about Ophelia Why does Ophelia go mad? Given private time to you, and you yourself Ophelia is forced to give up the one she loves due to what other’s are telling her to do so, and because of her father’s prying he ultimately dies. Do you believe his tenders, as you call them? Hamlet. Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads married already- all but one- shall live; the rest shall keep as The lines quoted above suggest that Ophelia and Hamlet may have had a sexual relationship, or at least that some form of sexual desire existed between them. O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! Will bring him to his wonted way again, Lends the tongue vows. You must sing 'A-down a-down, and you call him a-down-a.' Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open There's a daisy. Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Simon & Schuster edition of Hamlet published in 1992. The fact that the water completely weighs her down and she doesn’t even car is shocking because she shouldn’t have died but her showing that shows how depressed she was. Grows wide withal. Even in their promise, as it is a-making, amble, and you lisp; you nickname God's creatures and make your The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn Popular Quotes. O, you must wear your rue with a difference! And dupp'd the chamber door, KING CLAUDIUS How do you, pretty lady? Ophelia. 3 . Their perfume lost, Nay, but, Ophelia,--OPHELIA Pray you, mark. That makes calamity of so long life. Ophelia. Many of the lines throughout her singing episodes also support your claim, as you aptly discuss. I wonder if her father didn’t die would she have reacted to this accident in way? Hamlet. (Polonious believes that Hamlet is mad by his actions in trying to gain Ophelia's affections). STUDY. Sam, 15) Ophelia quotes, "Larded all with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the grave did not go With true-love showers." Malone quotes Florio's Dictionary ... thy madness ... scale, I will exact such retribution as shall be more than adequate to the deed which has driven you mad; turn the beam, cause the beam of the balance to bow owing to the greater weight in our scale. Get free homework help on William Shakespeare's Hamlet: play summary, scene summary and analysis and original text, quotes, essays, character analysis, and filmography courtesy of CliffsNotes. It would cost you a groaning to take off my edge. I think both her father’s death and her relationship with Hamlet made her depressed and unfortunately made her commit this awful act of suicide. Polonius. Ophelia. There's the respect To die- to sleep- God 'a'mercy on his soul! Maybe if Hamlet wasn’t such an ass to her she wouldn’t have committed suicide because I think that was truly the last straw for her. OPHELIA Larded with sweet flowers Which bewept to the grave did go With true-love showers. Do not as some ungracious pastors do, Some of her songs seem to be about her father’s death, but others, like this one, concern premarital sex. Hamlet. He is dead and gone; Laertes. Believe so much in him, that he is young, From another one? Hamlet’s madness is directly correlated to his father’s death and the appearance of his father’s ghost. Laertes. Be not you asham'd to I have heard of your paintings too, well enough. Tears seven times salt That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, Whereof he is the head. Ophelia in the fourth act of Hamlet is demonstrably insane, but the direct cause of her slipped sanity is something that remains debatable. Even though, in the beginning, Hamlet is only feigning madness, he is certainly troubled (to say the least) at the end of the play. Hi Sam, I like your post and your analysis of Ophelia’s character. show, he'll not shame to tell you what it means. Hamlet. Giving more light than heat, extinct in both Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. master's daughter. That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay, One country may want to go to war to take revenge on something that another country or countries did to them. 3. within 's two hours. It could not move thus. And I a maid at your window, As made the things more rich. 'Tis told me he hath very oft of late How does your honour for this many a day? Then up he rose and donn'd his clo'es So please you, something touching the Lord Hamlet. Ophelia. Come, my coach! At his heels a stone. Or would her fate be the same? I too agree you regarding Ophelia as a pitiable character in this Shakespeare play. He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders What I have said to you. Gertrude. Hamlet. Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, The courtier's, scholar's, soldier's, eye, tongue, sword, Must give us pause. All texts are in the public domain and be used freely for any purpose. But that the dread of something after death- What should such fellows as I Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. Sam, A presentation for British Literature I. Through out hamlet the categories of madness, both real and faked, are used to convey what the real rational discourse cannot. Olivia_Mahlberg6. Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, calumny. Ophelia seems pretty crushed by all this: These blazes, daughter, [sings] We must be patient; but I cannot How now? All flaxen was his poll. Hamlet. Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool It is interesting to me that you believe her suicide is due to both her father’s death AND her complex relationship with Hamlet. I assumed her song at 4.5.62-64, insinuates an alleged intimacy she had with Hamlet, and his promise to marry her if she were to agree to intimacy. and here's some for me. It’s upsetting to see anyone go through all of these unfortunate circumstances because it realistically can happen to anybody. She’s being torn between two very influential men in her life. White his shroud as the mountain snow,--Enter KING CLAUDIUS. Look to't, I charge you. O my lord, my lord, I have been so affrighted! That does afflict our natures. Ophelia. The canker galls the infants of the spring 'Tis a consummation I do pity her as a character because now she is truly on her own and I feel Hamlet and her family is partially to blame. The fair Ophelia!- Nymph, in thy orisons Ophelia. As he would draw it. Say you? Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, Which are not sterling. the puppets dallying. I'm trying to find some quotes that show how she started going mad when she found out her dad was killed by Hamlet. Ophelia’s madness is perhaps overtaking her so much so that she does not even recognize whom she is talking to in this instance–her brother Laertes. I did repel his letters and denied Would she have been more proactive with trying to fight the current of the stream? The inward service of the mind and soul I shall th' effect of this good lesson keep Ophelia’s songs show her slipping into further madness with a lot of bizarre sexually-laced lyrics and while reading this portion of the play I just felt bad for her. OPHELIA AND GERTRUDE quotes. It also suggests that he is nearing actual madness. Ophelia. Gravity. In this literary analysis I will ask, and attempt to explain the symbolism behind the riddles, mad songs, rhymes, and death of Ophelia. Privacy policy. Ophelia's singing and her seemingly nonsensical responses to Claudius and Gertrude indicate that she has gone mad. Hamlet. Will he tell us what this show meant? Hamlet is almost hating himself for how he feels about getting revenge on claudius. And leads the will to desperate undertakings As he in his particular act and place When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul The antic disposition of Hamlet and Ophelia are of great dramatic significance. God hath Parodied with Mad Margaret in Ruddigore, whom the stage directions describe as "an obvious caricature of theatrical madness." How should I your true-love know Spell. Hamlet. 25 quotes have been tagged as ophelia: Emily Thorne: ‘As Hamlet said to Ophelia, ”God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. 142-4. Out of the shot and danger of desire. Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. Get thee to a nunnery! Quotes By Genres. I do not know my lord what I should think. "Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go" (III.i.190). Marry, well bethought! The Hamlet quotes below are all either spoken by Ophelia or refer to Ophelia. Should be as mortal as an old man's life? them shape, or time to act them in. With almost all the holy vows of heaven. You do not understand yourself so clearly And with them words of so sweet breath compos'd We beg your hearing patiently. Ophelia. Have you so slander any moment leisure Ophelia. Carve for himself, for on his choice depends Hamlet ridiculed her and her father, I’m assuming a person closest to her as there is no mention of a mother, dies unexpectingly. Created by. He keeps going, too. And hath given countenance to his speech, my lord, Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain That your good beauties be the happy cause Though the man in the song has promised the speaker that they will soon wed, he has left her for no apparent reason and like Hamlet’s alleged claims of love and marriage to Ophelia, so too has Hamlet broken those vows for reasons unbeknownst. This is means that he is on the verge of becoming truly mad and may not know the difference between sanity and insanity. I will go seek the King. My necessaries are embark'd. Poses questions concerning the motiviation for Ophelia's madness and her role within the play. Flashcards. Hamlet. I wonder if her father didn’t die would she have reacted to this accident in the same way? The way he leaves Ophelia implies his hesitation and struggle: That done, he lets me go, And, with his head over his shoulder turned, He seemed to find his way without his eyes, For out o’ doors he went without their help, And to the last bended their light on me. About OSS, OPTIONS: Hide cue speeches • Show full speeches (no cues) • Show truncated speeches (no cues). Think it no more. Ophelia’s random singing was the first sign of madness when I first read it because instead of trying to save herself from drowning she was just calmly singing and letting the heavy water pile on top of her and her clothing. Larded all with sweet flowers; Th' observ'd of all observers- quite, quite down! shall see anon how the murtherer gets the love of Gonzago's wife. Ophelia exists as a tragic character in Hamlet and one that is entirely pitiable because of unfortunate circumstances that she has been put through. Exit. No, no, he is dead; Ay, truly; for the power of beauty will sooner transform Thanks!! 138. of May! (stage directions). As oft as any passion under heaven Nay 'tis twice two months, my lord. Hamlet. how the wheel becomes it! Her madness stems from the death of her father but carries over once she’s lost Hamlet. Think yourself a baby Polonius. To be, or not to be- that is the question: This is for all: O heavens! Devoutly to be wish'd. With a bare bodkin? Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister, 'Tis in my memory lock'd, Ophelia hasn’t any direct control over the influential characters in her life. I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse In this quote , Hamlet is self-loathing. The safety and health of this whole state, O heat, dry up my brains! Created by. And in the morn and liquid dew of youth They bore him barefac'd on the bier Unsifted in such perilous circumstance. Whose violent property fordoes itself O God, your only jig-maker! be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape He falls to such perusal of my face I do not know, my lord, what I should think. Sings. I shall obey my lord. Plays
That suck'd the honey of his music vows, No more; and by a sleep to say we end Hamlet. O, (stage directions). And keep you in the rear of your affection, From this time Ophelia. Hamlet. Here stooping to your clemency, they'll tell all. (Hey non nony, nony, hey nony) Laertes. It must also be difficult for her to reconcile the fact that her lover murdered her father, and in doing so took away all present support systems from her. And lose the name of action.- Soft you now! discourse to your beauty. either. Come, go with me. Those that are Ophelia is further puzzled by Hamlet’s way of leaving her chamber. do, crawling between earth and heaven? Ophelia is singing hauntingly and cryptically, mentioning flowers and graves foreshadowing her later suicide. PLAY. Ophelia. I'll mark the play. The story is extant, and written in very choice Italian. 16) Ophelia quotes, “ Well, God dild you! Which bewept to the grave did not go The players cannot keep counsel; I thought your post was interesting because you had a lot to say about Ophelia! And by opposing end them. in the bloom of life's spring-time. For nature crescent does not grow alone (stage directions). I hope all will be well. Polonius. Ophelia. Ophelia. I am but mad north-north-west; Addressing the Guildenstern, he suggests that his madness is only active when it is necessary. I think that you did a great job analyzing Ophelia’s character, and I think that it helpful as a reader to see the different aspects of her character development to understand what she is going through. We both wrote about Ophelia! wantonness your ignorance. Where is the beauteous Majesty of Denmark? Set your entreatments at a higher rate [Sings] For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy. All in the morning bedtime, Discover and share Ophelia Going Insane Quotes. Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, [sings] Write. As you’ve done, it’s important to recognize that Ophelia is obviously mourning her father, and with great reason (he was indeed a vital figure in her life, especially considering she hadn’t been married yet). They say a made a good end.” give more credence to Ophelia’s shattered mental state, as she is constantly fixating on the death of Polonius, so much so that every single thing reminds her of his passing (4.5.180-181). T' have seen what I have seen, see what I see! Hamlet. However, the explicit sexual references in Ophelia’s songs perhaps account for her obsession with the now absent Hamlet, as in “promising his love” to her earlier in the play and then being scorned, she is doubly heartbroken alongside the death of her father. And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch father? When Ophelia goes mad, the songs she sings contain hints about what is troubling her. As it did seem to shatter all his bulk Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer I think that Hamlet and Laertes carried on Ophelia’s madness when she passed away and they both jumped into her grave. No traveller returns- puzzles the will, Ophelia. 5 stars to best answer! but now the time gives it proof. How now, Ophelia? Program code and database © 2003-2021 George Mason University. There are many different things that contribute to Ophelia’s death, and I like that you put it all out there. Sam, What should a man do but be merry? Polonius. Ophelia. (Act IV, scene v., lines195-197) Sam, A violet in the youth of primy nature, This nothing's more than matter. Good night, sweet they are. Blasted with ecstasy. Laertes. Polonius. Sam, Ophelia’s madness is overtaking her so much so that she does not even recognize whom she is talking to like … Polonius. My lord, I have remembrances of yours Why wouldst thou be a breeder of This line directly references an older man and because of this detail, Polonius’s death has obviously taken its toll on Ophelia’s psyche, causing her to spout such wild and woeful songs. With this regard their currents turn awry Ophelia. Why Countries Go to War. ” However, Ophelia (daughter of Polonius, King of Denmark) begins to go mad, as well, after Hamlet kills her father, and the other numerous tragedies that plague her like a black cloud hovering about until her untimely death. nowhere but in's own house. Hi Sam, For he himself is subject to his birth. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, My lord, I do not know, Well written! Passages that explain why Ophelia goes mad. You are keen, my lord, you are keen. Ofelia’s madness seems a little more delicate and sudden. QUEEN GERTRUDE Alas, look here, my lord. Ophelia. Why does Hamlet tell Ophelia to go "to a nunnery," and what does he give as his reason? Than the main voice of Denmark goes withal. But mere implorators of unholy suits, If it be so- as so 'tis put on me, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. He may not, as unvalued persons do, For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, We both wrote about Ophelia! Ophelia was a very unique character and was portrayed to us as a female character unlike many of the other’s we’ve read about this semester. Camden sees Ophelia’s madness as being complex and driven primarily by the loss of Hamlet. Ophelia. Some productions choose to go down this path with post-Villainous Breakdown Lady Macbeth. And thrice his head thus waving up and down, His beard was as white as snow, (Thinking I should have left the flowers white) Explore. My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, Th' expectancy and rose of the fair state, Ophelia is one of the most important characters in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet.'' My honour'd lord, you know right well you did, Ungart'red, and down-gyved to his ankle; Exit. They say he made a good end. Ophelia descends into mental illness and commits suicide by drowning herself. Long stay'd he so. Farewell, Ophelia, and remember well And with a larger tether may he walk Throughout the second act, you can see Hamlet start to go crazy as he talks through prose. Go to, I'll no more on't! It is interesting to me that you believe her suicide is due to both her father’s death AND her complex relationship with Hamlet. God b' wi' you. Ophelia. needs marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough what would give you some violets, but they wither'd all when my father Please give me a quote or two proving she goes mad when she finds out. Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Alack, and fie for shame! Pooh! With lines like “Young men will do’t if they come to’t / By Cock, they are to blame” signifies a strange and perhaps oblique reference to a promiscuous or simply flighty man who promises love (or sex here with the word “cock”) but backs out after a brief time (4.5.59-60). I The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, Then goes he to the length of all his arm, Ophelia seems to be much a more complex character the more that I read about her and I think she is underrated because of that. I agree with your point in saying that the sexual references in Ophelia’s songs do account for her love of Hamlet. Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song? Youth to itself rebels, though none else near. Advanced Search
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