Ophelia Wanted What Hamlet, Claudius Never Dared Dream

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Dennis Ryan

Wellsville, New York

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Wellsville, New York

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begun Sunday evening, March 2,2014 at 9: 39 p.m.; revised March 3 at 10: 32 p.m.

Ophelia wanted what Hamlet, Claudius never dared dream—
affiliation, peace, detent.Ophelia paid dearly, never mind
the cost, the suffering, how much she was forced to endure.
Life, they say, is about making right decisions; this may be true,
but Ophelia made none; all decisions were made for her.
She wanted but little—but everything was taken from her.

Dennis Ryan

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Topic(s) of this poem: choice,decisions,loss,men,power,suffering,women,women empowerment

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Ophelia was the victim of violence, particularly male violence, in Shakespeare's Hamlet.Decisions were made for her by her father Polonius, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude as Ophelia had no power.

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