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Ophelia (/ oʊ ˈ f iː l i ə /) is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's actions, Ophelia ultimately enters into a state of madness that leads to her drowning.
Ophelia is a 1894 oil on canvas painting by the English painter John William Waterhouse, [1] depicting a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark , a potential wife for Prince Hamlet .
What follows is an overview of the main characters in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, followed by a list and summary of the minor characters from the play. [1] Three different early versions of the play survive: known as the First Quarto ("Q1"), Second Quarto ("Q2"), and First Folio ("F1"), each has lines—and even scenes—missing in the others, and some character names vary.
Ophelia is an 1851–52 painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London. It depicts Ophelia , a character from William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet , singing before she drowns in a river.
The painting depicts a scene taken from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, when the female protagonist, Ophelia, driven by insanity, is about to commit suicide in a lake. This scene was often depicted by the romantic painters of the 19th century. In the painting, the girl is shown lie down, with her head thrown back, eyes weary, and her ...
Dench began her professional acting career in 1957 at the historical Royal Court Theatre, where she played the role of Ophelia in "Hamlet." She continued working in theater on some of the U.K.'s ...
The mother of a three-year-old boy who drowned at a water park in 2023, while she allegedly sat nearby and stared at her cell phone, has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with his death.
The River Bank (Ophelia) is a 1980 painting by the English painter David Inshaw. The subject is from William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet . It was made for a joint exhibition of the Brotherhood of Ruralists , where each artist made his own interpretation of the subject.