Ophelia, a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet, is often referred to in literature and the arts, often in connection to suicide, love, and/or...
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Numerous cultural references to Hamlet (in film, literature, arts, etc.) reflect the continued influence of this play. Hamlet is one of the most popular...
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Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's actions, Ophelia ultimately enters into a state of madness that leads to her drowning. Along with Queen Gertrude, Ophelia is one of...
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Ophelia is an 1851–52 painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London. It depicts Ophelia, a character from...
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Ophelia is a 2018 historical drama film directed by Claire McCarthy and written by Semi Chellas about the character of the same name from William Shakespeare's...
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also a producer on the film. Riz Ahmed as Prince Hamlet Morfydd Clark as Ophelia Joe Alwyn as Laertes Timothy Spall as Polonius Art Malik as King Claudius...
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Ophelia is a 1894 oil on canvas painting by the English painter John William Waterhouse, depicting a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet....
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because Ophelia is on stage waiting for him to see her, and Claudius and Polonius have concealed themselves to hear him. Even so, Hamlet seems to consider...
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by William Shakespeare, when the female protagonist, Ophelia, driven by insanity, is about to commit suicide in a lake. This scene was often depicted...
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Hamlet to perform it. When he does, Claudius decrees that he must die, but is eventually persuaded to banish him to England. Rosencrantz and Ophelia can...
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2021. The documentary follows Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen as they attempt to cast and produce a live virtual production of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet...
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Characters in Hamlet (section Ophelia's funeral)
counsellor, and the father of Ophelia and Laertes. Laertes is the son of Polonius, and has returned to Elsinore from Paris. Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius...
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the ghost of King Hamlet Ian Holm as Polonius Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia Stephen Dillane as Horatio Nathaniel Parker as Laertes Michael Maloney...
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171. ISBN 978-1-44-384386-7. Foakes, R.A. (2004). Hamlet Versus Lear: Cultural Politics and Shakespeare's Art. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 0-52-160705-1...
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There are 1,490 VFX shots. The animals were designed from art and photo references. From that, the characters were built; all the rigging, shapes, textures...
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to raise the spirits of her son. Also, rather than ascribing Hamlet's sudden madness to Ophelia's rejection (as thought by Polonius)...
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characters. For example, when Gertrude (the queen) is reluctant to admit the "distract" Ophelia, she changes her mind following Horatio's advice. Hamlet has...
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as Gertrude Joanna Roth as Ophelia John Burgess as Ambassador from England Sven Medvesck as Laertes Daniel Day-Lewis was to be cast as Guildenstern, but...
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or that it is a near-anagram of the Greek word 'Kyrios' and thus a reference to the Catholic martyr Edmund Campion. The name was used by Laurence Sterne...
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Gregory Doran. Clive Owen portrayed Claudius in Claire McCarthy's 2018 film Ophelia. In Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptation Haider (2014), the character was portrayed...
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Laertes (Hamlet) (category Articles needing additional references from March 2023)
Laertes is Polonius' son and Ophelia's brother. In the final scene, he mortally stabs Hamlet with a poison-tipped sword to avenge the deaths of his father...
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with Diane Venora as Gertrude, Liev Schreiber as Laertes, Julia Stiles as Ophelia, Steve Zahn as Rosencrantz, Bill Murray as Polonius, and Sam Shepard as...
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of the play's ultimate villain, Claudius, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Generally regarded as wrong in every judgment he makes over the course...
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the shuttle of the loom of time. However, there are no other references in the speech to thread, looms, or weaving (aside from Bodkin), and the remaining...
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Hamlet and Ophelia, takes place offstage in Hamlet—the stage directions repeat exactly the words with which Ophelia describes the event to Polonius in...
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on the human condition. The monologue, spoken in the play by Prince Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act II, Scene 2, follows in its entirety....
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Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Lion King is the first Disney film to have been dubbed in Zulu,...
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as the King and Polonius await Ophelia's entrance, musing whether "to be or not to be". When Ophelia enters and tries to return Hamlet's things, Hamlet...
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Hamlet (redirect from Get thee to a nunnery)
uncle and brother to the former king Gertrude – Queen of Denmark and Hamlet's mother Polonius – chief counsellor to the king Ophelia – Polonius's daughter...
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and allows them to escape without issuing refunds, although they do give one refund to a couple of crying kids, which turned out to be the beer money...
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