A Thought-Provoking Passage In Hamlet

A detailed Summary of A Thought-Provoking Passage In Hamlet

The Passage that I feel is not only thought provoking, but also ironic in the play Hamlet, is when Ophelia has found out about her father's murder and is beginning to act mad. This passage is in Act Four, Scene Five beginning on line 171 and continuing through line 207.

They bore him barefaced on the bier,

And in his grave rained many a tear.

Ophelia chanted this among many fragments of songs from English ballads. They were expressing her words of grief for her father's death, and for knowing that the man she loved was responsible for his death. Ophelia also at this time gave Laertes, the King, and the Queen sticks, weeds, and chicken bones to represent flowers.

There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.

Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies,

that's for thoughts.

At this point the others felt she was crazy because she truly believed she was giving them flowers. Her brother, and the King and Queen felt very sorry for her actions and wanted to help her, but they knew there was nothing that they could do.

This passage is particularly important to the Play because the royal family is seeing how conflicts occurring within the kingdom are star

Wear your rue with a difference.

The reason that this passage was so important to me, was because it flickered something that made me realize what Ophelia's message really was. I felt that Ophelia was not only trying to make the others understand her pain, but she was also sharing her fear. I felt that when she gave her brother, Claudius, and Gertrude flowers, they were mainly symbols representing herself. The flowers Ophelia gave to Laertes for remembrance were not to remember Polonius, but maybe to remember her.

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Approximate Word count = 1027
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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