Here lie the sweet Ophelia. A girl who had hopes and dreams. She was just a normal innocent girl, but all of a sudden things started to change bit by bit in her life. People think that she does not deserve a proper burial, but I indeed think she does. Before she committed "suicide", she did do things that God would be very proud of. She did listen to her father, Polonius (rest in peace), when he told her to stop seeing Hamlet. She was not a wild girl, yet she was a girl who was always to herself and she brought joy to the kingdom.
We probably saw the state Ophelia was in before she had passed. And we all judged her of being mad and crazy. But, did we really know what was going on with her? Nay. We only saw he cover of the book, yet we did no take the time to read the pages. Imagine, having told hat you could not see the one you are deep in love with, and that person telling you that you meant nothing to them. Then when you think things can't gt any worse, they did. The one that she loves killed her dear father. Maybe she could have approached the issue in a different way. But, how can a girl react so quickly to drastic things happening in such a short period of time.
Honestly I don't blame her. Nobody realy paid attention to her, they were always stuck on why Hamlet was acting the way he was. People forgot about asking Ophelia what was wrong. She had no shoulder to cry on. She was alone. So this is to Ophelia. A great inspiration. She was a strong woman and tried her best to make those she loves happy. May she rest in peace and God take care of her.
You bring up a good point. Ophelia did obey God before she killed herself. Even though people wouldn't know that, we as the reader do and we believe that Ophelia's burial should have been taken care of properly...
ReplyDeletePeople did not pay attention to Ophelia. They were focused on Hamlet and his craziness. Ophelia was left alone and as you said, she had "no shoulder to cry on" after everything bad that could happen to one person happened. The way you phrase Ophelia's life helps me understand why you think she is a "great inspiration" and a "strong woman".