Key Quotations - Ophelia Flashcards
Ophelia singing after Polonius’ death
‘He is dead and gone, lady, / He is dead and gone’
Ophelia’s obedience
‘I shall obey, my Lord’
Ophelia assuring Laertes she’ll take his advice, showing her obedience
‘The effect of this good lesson keep as watchman to my heart’
Ophelia following Laertes advice and keeping it a secret
‘Tis in my memory lock’d, And you yourself shall keep the key of it’
Ophelia lost and confused regarding Hamlet’s protestations of love
‘I do not know, my lord, what I should think’
Describing Hamlet’s appearance when he comes to see her
Pale as his shirt … As if he had been loosed out of hell to speak of horrors
Ophelia’s response to Hamlet’s claim he never loved her
‘I was the more deciev’d’
Defending Hamlet to her father
‘My lord, he hath importun’d me with love in honorable fashion’
