Blog #12: Hamlet Character Analysis

I chose to analyze the play Hamlet from the perspective of Ophelia, Hamlet’s girlfriend. While struggled to fully develop her character because it was the role of a women that would be played by a man, it still shows a major struggle for her between Hamlet and her father and brother. She loves Hamlet, but her family believes that he is just using her and would take her virginity, knowing that she will never be able to become his wife. She will ultimately have to choose between her father Polonius and Hamlet, action versus inaction, which will have major consequences. I am interested to see how her relationship with her father and her relationship with Hamlet influence her actions throughout the play.