ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -She is the daughter of Polonius, the sister of Laertes, and up until the beginning of the play’s events, she has also been romantically involved with Hamlet. Ophelia’s relationships with these men restrict her agency and eventually lead to her death.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ophelia is Polonius’ daughter and Laertes’ sister. Hamlet has been in love with her for a while before the play starts and has given her several gifts during their courtship until her father warns her away from him and tells her not to see him anymore. During the play, he treats her very badly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet tells his girlfriend Ophelia that he never loved her and then asks Gertrude how she can be happy when her husband has only just died. The actors perform the story of the murder of a sleeping king and Claudius storms out.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rejected by Hamlet, Ophelia is now desolate at the loss of her father. She goes mad and drowns.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ophelia is a character in Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. She is driven mad when her father, Polonius, is murdered by her lover, Hamlet. She dies while still very young, suffering from grief and madness. The events shown in Millais’s Ophelia are not actually seen on stage.