Ophelia /AO5

Question 1

Lewd and unreasonable

Answer 1

Jeremy Collier 1699

Question 2

Stifled by the authority of the male world

Answer 2

Juliet Dusinberre 1975

Question 3

Ophelia has no story without Hamlet

Answer 3

Lee Edward’s 1979

Question 4

Ophelia’s dead, virgin body is fetishised by Hamlet and Laertes alike

Answer 4

Valerie Traub 1988

Question 5

Ophelia’s death is as much an outcome of Hamlet’s rage

Answer 5

Valerie Traub 1988

Question 6

The Ophelia figure was a kind of feminine ideal: totally passive, sexualised and defined by romantic relationships

Answer 6

Allan Ingram 2005

Question 7

Ophelia and Gertrude can be seen as representatives of the two archetypes of women in early modern drama: the virgin and the whore

Answer 7

Sean McEvoy 2006

Question 8

Ophelia painting Delacroix 1844

Answer 8

Half naked; muddy water; clinging to the tree; doesn’t want to die

Question 9

Ophelia John Everett 1851

Answer 9

Lying down; clear water; peaceful; beautiful scenery; accepted death

Question 10

Ophelia becomes alienated, acting out the madness Hamlet only plays at

Answer 10

Carol Thomas Neely 1991

Question 11

Representation of female hysterics as sexually frustrated and theatrically alluring

Answer 11

Carol Thomas Neely 1991