Character Of Ophelia In Hamlet

Ophelia In Shakespeare’s Classic Hamlet
Character=Ophelia
-Daughter Of Chief Counselor To The King(Claudius)/Courtier Polonius
-Brother of Laertes
-Love Interest of Prince Hamlet
-Noblewoman of Denmark Through William Shakespeare’s use of the literary devices of diction, syntax/sentence structure, and details, her naivety evinces itself and is gradually revealed through both her emotions, thoughts, actions, as well as her relationships with herself, her father (Polonius), her brother (Laertes), and her amour (Hamlet). Naivety can be described as a human being who is innocent, unsophisticated, and one who has a lack of wisdom, judgement, This flaw becomes increasingly evident as the story progresses. All of the serious complications that

In every single classic work of literature, all characters have certain flaws. As can be seen, in Shakespearean tragedies, the characters all have flaws that eventually lead to their demise and downfall. In the Shakespearean play Hamlet, the character of Ophelia is ultimately killed as a result of her major flaw(her naivety) which affected her physically (her actions), mentally (her thoughts), as well as morally (with her questioning if her behavior was good and bad). It is apparent and clear, at first, that Ophelia is an obedient and person through her speech, relationships, and actions in the beginning of the play, but upon closer inspection as the play and the character develops, it can be witnessed that she is not merely obedient. Ophelia’s thoughts and actions obviously, and without a doubt, go beyond obedience to depict and represent Ophelia as a naive character. Ophelia represents the typical pliant and virtuous women that were present back in the day. She is dominated, stepped on, and ruled over by her dad and her brother and spurned by Hamlet. However, instead of this invoking a particularly apoplectic reaction, she is, in fact, seen and portrayed as, to be honest a passive, pitiable, and a pathetic character. A reason behind this may be that restricted rights for women, unfortunate circumstances, and inferiority to men(in those times). All in all, Ophelia is a functional character...however. this major character flaw present in her and it is a noticeable and important hindrance that actually impaired this individual. She is a neutral character(sided with Hamlet, then was compelled to go with her dad due to his domineering personality) who shifts allegiance so this character flaw is the cause of her corruption (betraying Hamlet and assisting her cunning father with malevolent ploys and activities). Every one of her character traits can be traced back to her major flaw of being naive, her father uses this to his advantage and manipulates her as a pawn to