FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Hamlet
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Laertes
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Ophelia
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Claudius
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sweet and innocent, faithful and obedient, Ophelia is the truly tragic figure in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. “Her nature invites us to pity her misfortune caused not by any of her own self-initiated deeds or strategies"(Lidz 138).
Detailed explanation-2: -The combination of her former lover’s cruelty and her father’s death sends Ophelia into a fit of grief. In Act Four she spirals into madness and dies under ambiguous circumstances. Ophelia’s tragedy lies in the way she loses her innocence through no fault of her own.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamlet: Most notable among Shakespeare tragic heroes He is intelligent and introspective, but his indecision and inability to act ultimately lead to his downfall. His obsession with revenge and his unwillingness to act on it until it is too late results in the deaths of several characters, including himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ophelia’s Death Perhaps the most tragic death in “Hamlet” is one the audience doesn’t witness. Ophelia’s death is reported by Gertrude: Hamlet’s would-be bride falls from a tree and drowns in a brook. Whether or not her death was a suicide is the subject of much debate among Shakespearean scholars.