Ophelia
Daughter of Polonius
Ophelia Assignment
Answer the following questions below the pictures. Give each response the same title as the picture. Each response should be a minimum of 300 words each.
She Speaks
If Ophelia was finally given a voice, what would she tell?
From the Perspective of a Drowning Girl
Write from Ophelia's perspective. Could she have treasured her final moments in the woods as a return to the earth and an exit from the cold world of expectation, deceit and spiteful politics?
Just a Girl
Does this painting show Ophelia's life as Purity through Beauty or Weakness through Obedience? How do you think she led her life? How does this picture apply to your answer?
Bio
Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. As one of the few female characters in the play, she is used as a contrasting plot device to Hamlet's mother, Gertrude.