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This 4 page paper discusses Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the character Ofelia from the film “Pan’s Labyrinth,” and argues that the are both threatened by powerful step-parents, and that they escape from a painful reality by constructing fantasy worlds. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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and argues that the two characters try to escape these threats by creating worlds of fantasy. Discussion The first thing most moviegoers will probably notice is the girls name, Ofelia.
Although the spelling is different, it is the same name as Shakespeares heroine, and will call to mind the tragedy of her life; her fathers death, her purported lovers madness,
her own insanity and death. That is, most people watching the film will probably be reminded of the play, and if they know it at all, they will know that
Ophelia/Ofelia is a tragic figure. The threat to Hamlet in the play and Ofelia in the film comes in the form of an authority figure; in the former work, the
threat is embodied in King Claudius, Hamlets uncle and now his step-father; in the film, the threat is represented by Ofelias stepfather, Captain Vidal, an officer in Francos army (Scott).
Thus both Hamlet and Ofelia are threatened by close relatives who should love and care for them, but instead abuse and ultimately destroy them. The play and film are also
similar because they are both set against the background of political intrigue. Denmark is not at war at present, but it was in the not-too-distant past; the guards on the
battlements talk about how the previous King Hamlet "smote the sledded [Polacks] on the ice" (I.i.63). That means that a major conflict took place within recent memory. In the film,
the conflict is immediate: its set in Spain in 1944, with the nightmarish fascist government firmly in place and World War II still raging. There are similarities between the threatening
figures as well. King Claudius, as we find out, gained the throne by murdering his brother, King Hamlet (Hamlets father); and while there is no suggestion that Captain Vidal murdered
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