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This character is Ophelia's father
Who is Polonius?
The death of this character is initially why Ophelia descends into madness
Who is her father?
Ophelia is often represented by varieties of this plant
What are flowers?
This is Ophelia’s cause of death
What is drowning?
This is how Ophelia and Hamlet originally felt about each other
What is love?
This is what finally causes Laertes to agree to Claudius’s plan
What is the death of Ophelia?
This is the flower that Ophelia is compared to throughout the play
What is a violet?
This is what Ophelia’s fate foreshadows the downfall of this country
What is Denmark?
Hamlet scathingly tells Ophelia to go to this location
Where is a nunnery?
This character warns Ophelia that Hamlet’s love is fleeting
Who is Laertes?
Ophelia tries to give these objects back to Hamlet
What are love letters?
This is what Ophelia does constantly after going insane
What is singing?
This character cries upon hearing of Ophelia's death
Who is Laertes?
This is what Polonius instructs Ophelia to do about Hamlet
What is rejecting him?
Ophelia gives this herb to her brother for remembrance
What is rosemary
This critical lens would be the strongest through which to analyze Ophelia
What is feminism?
This character refuses to see Ophelia at first after Polonius’s death
Who is the queen?
This is the first scene where Ophelia appears speaking with her father and brother about Hamlet
What is Act 1 Scene 3?
Ophelia’s drowning represents this
What is a surrender to fate, the tragic consequence of being a passive victim of political and emotional abuse, and a final, albeit fatal, act of gaining control of her own life
“The Fate of Ophelia” is the 1st track to this recently released pop album
What is “The Life of a Showgirl”?