Hamlet
About Ophelia movie (2018)
1. Why do you think so many shots in the film depict Ophelia in the water?
2. A scene shows Ophelia as a child following Laertes who goes into a library. The gate/door is closed on her. What does this represent?
1. Why do you think so many shots in the film depict Ophelia in the water?
2. A scene shows Ophelia as a child following Laertes who goes into a library. The gate/door is closed on her. What does this represent?
Water is a motif or recurring idea in Hamlet, especially related to Ophilia. At one point Laertes refuses to cry because Ophelia has cried so much: Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.
Ophelia also drowns herself in a brook.
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