Answer: he acts frantic and chaotic
In Ophelia s first speaking appearance in the play she is seen with her brother Laertes who is leaving for France. Laertes warns her that Hamlet the heir to the throne of Denmark does not have the freedom to marry whomever he wants. Ophelia s father Polonius who enters while Laertes is leaving also forbids Ophelia from pursuing Hamlet as Polonius fears that Hamlet is not earnest about her.
Ophelia – Wikipedia
Ophelia – Wikipedia
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Ophelia (2018 film) – Wikipedia
Gertrude accuses Ophelia of turning Hamlet against her and dismisses her. Polonius goes to plead with Gertrude on his daughter’s behalf but he is killed by Hamlet who mistook him for Claudius. Ophelia is left further devastated when Horatio tells her that Hamlet has been banished to England along with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Laertes returns from France demanding justice for his father’s death.
Background Ophelia mania in Paris. The Parisian public’s fascination with Ophelia prototype of the femme fragile began in the fall of 1827 when an English company directed by William Abbot came to Paris to give a season of Shakespeare in English at the Odéon.On 11 September 1827 the Irish actress Harriet Smithson played the part of Ophelia in Hamlet .
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