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. Ophelia, daughter of polonius, sister to laertes, and rejected lover of hamlet in william shakespeare’s tragedy hamlet.

When hamlet's father is murdered and the prince's wits begin to unravel into an insatiable quest for vengeance, ophelia sharply navigates the rules of power in denmark all while struggling to choose … She is a daughter, sister, lover and a member of the royal court’s entourage. In each of those roles, she is either exploited or abused or both, and under that irresistible pressure, she descends into mental …