A detailed character analysis of ophelia in shakespeare's hamlet. Explore her tragic story, her relationships with hamlet and polonius, the causes of her madness, and the ambiguity of her death. During the tragedy, we are introduced to the character of ophelia, a young noblewoman who is the daughter of claudiusรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs minister, polonius, sister to laertes and hamletรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs love interest.

Opheliaรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs mad scene (act iv, scene 5) is one of the best known in western รขโ‚ฌยฆ She is a daughter, sister, lover and a member of the royal courtรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs entourage. In each of those roles, she is either exploited or abused or both, and under that irresistible pressure, she descends into mental รขโ‚ฌยฆ