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A 5 page paper which examines the theme of playing as represented in the character of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. No additional sources cited.
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playing at one role or another. There is Hamlet who is essentially lost until his fathers ghost insists he play to find the truth and seek revenge. Hamlet plays at
insanity, his mother perhaps plays at innocence, and even Hamlets fathers ghost could be argued to be playing with Hamlet for his own motives. The following paper illustrates and analyzes
the character of Ophelia as she plays a role in Shakespeares play. Playing in Hamlet: Ophelia For the most part Ophelia is perhaps the one character in the
play that the reader/viewer can trust. She is somewhat innocent, does her best to adhere to the rules and expectations of her brother and her father, and loves Hamlet so
much that she kills herself when she feels she has lost his love. She is the one true tragedy in the story and yet does her own part at playing.
In fact, it is perhaps in her playing that she ultimately loses all hope and becomes so depressed she kills herself. Ophelia loves Hamlet and so when she is
told that Hamlet may be insane and that he needs her help she willing agrees to play in conversation with him, inciting particular questions and answers, so that the leaders
who are listening can better estimate if he is mad or not. Ophelia is essentially being used by the leaders for their own gain but Ophelia truly believes that she
is helping Hamlet, the man she loves. She is thus performing, playing, before an audience in order that information be gathered. She starts in her conversation with Hamlet easily
enough, stating, "My lord, I have remembrances of yours,/ That I have longed long to re-deliver;/ I pray you, now receive them" (Shakespeare III i). In this she appears well
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