ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

HAMLET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ophelia was driven insane
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ophelia goes mad because her father, Polonius, whom she deeply loved, has been killed by Hamlet. In addition, Hamlet, whom she also loved, has cruelly rejected her.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ophelia’s madness stems from her lack of identity and her feelings of helplessness regarding her own life. While the death of Hamlet’s father made him angry enough to want revenge, Ophelia internalized the death of her father as a loss of personal identity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ophelia is a character in Hamlet who is shown to be diagnosed with the mental illness “Schizophrenia”. Her diagnosis within the first acts of the play is weak, however, her mental illness reaches its peak in act 4, as a cluster of schizophrenia’s symptoms are shown.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ophelia was also grieving over her father’s, Polonius, death. Ophelia’s death results from Hamlet’s madness and his telling Ophelia that she needs to go to a nunnery. The cause of Ophelia’s suicide was mainly from Hamlet’s madness. Hamlet’s madness came first from seeing the ghost of his father.

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