FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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kisses
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bones she pretends are flowers
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samples at Wal-Mart
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her possessions
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ophelia uses flowers as symbols of her deep sorrow and grief. She is very upset because her father, Polonius, has just been killed by Hamlet. Being a sensitive and intelligent young woman, Ophelia needs to express herself, and she does so by passing out flowers to the court in her seeming mad state of mind.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Ophelia enters with her hair and whole figure entwined with chains of flowers; and in her thin outer skirt, she carries a mass of them. She advances slowly with the strange light of insanity in her eyes, sits down upon the floor, and plays with the flowers in a childish way, as she sings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ophelia gives fennel, symbol of flattery, to King Claudius. She also gives him columbine for ingratitude and infidelity.
Detailed explanation-4: -A red poppy floats near Ophelia’s hand, a symbol of sleep and death. Despite her saying that there were no violets, we can see she wears a necklace of them. Fritillary, symbols of sorrow, also appear. In Act 4, Scene 5 we hear Queen Gertrude’s description of Ophelia’s death.