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Hamlet and Ophelia
Melancholy, grief, and madness have pervaded the works of a great many
playwrights, and Shakespeare is not an exception. The mechanical
regularities of such emotional maladies as they are presented within
Hamlet, not only allow his audience to sympathize with the tragic
prince Hamlet, but to provide the very complexities necessary in
understanding the tragedy of his lady Ophelia as well. It is the poor
Ophelia who suffers at her lover's discretion because of decisions she
was obligated to make on behalf of her weak societal position. Hamlet
provides his own self-torture and does fall victim to melancholia and
grief, however, his madness is feigned. They each share a common
connection: the loss of a parental figure. Hamlet loses his father as
a result of a horrible murder, as does Ophelia. In her situation is
more severe because it is her lover who murders her father and all of
her hopes for her future as well. Ultimately, it is also more
detrimental......

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