This essay discusses the "Obligation" theme in Hamlet.
Why does Hamlet leap into Ophelia’s grave? Is he expressing true love for Ophelia, or merely dramatizing himself?
From the Virgin Mary to Marie Curie, there is no doubt that women have shaped history and still continue to do so. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, there are only two female characters, both of which play very important roles.
At first, Ophelia appears to be one of the clearer characters in the book, Hamlets lover with no winding side plot. However, I quickly found that Ophelia is caught in the middle of the power struggle in Denmark.