1. Analysis of Hamlet and Ophelia
... said earlier, maybe by a noise or a sighting of him. Ophelia answers that he is at home and Hamlet's response can support both interpretations of the question. If he is asking where the guardian of her virtue is, then the response of "Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool nowhere but ... , Gertrude, and his uncle, Claudius. I think he is now admitting that somehow he is going to end their marriage, whether by the murder of Claudius or perhaps by some other way unknown to us. I think that Hamlet is, in essence, saying that if Ophelia is not going to marry ... figure....
- Word Count: 2206
- Approx Pages: 9
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School