Does Hamlet have a child with Ophelia?

Does Hamlet have a child with Ophelia?

In the movie, Ophelia does not die. Instead, after realizing that Hamlet's quest for revenge against King Claudius could prove hazardous to her own health — and deducing that she is pregnant with Hamlet's baby — Ophelia fakes her drowning death.

Is Laertes in love with Ophelia?

Hamlet recognizes what Shakespeare has made abundantly clear throughout the play, that Laertes is Hamlet's foil. ... Laertes' love for Ophelia and duty to Polonius drive him to passionate action, while Hamlet's love for Gertrude and duty to King Hamlet drive him to passionate inaction.

What happens to Ophelia at the end of Hamlet?

Claudius persuades Laertes to turn his wrath on Hamlet and murder him in a fencing match. Ophelia's death may be either an accident or suicide. She drowns in a stream. Claudius prepares a poisoned goblet to offer Hamlet during the fencing match to make doubly sure that Hamlet will die.

Did Ophelia and Hamlet marry in secret?

Later on, Hamlet meets Ophelia in the chapel and the couple make plans to marry in secret. ... When he learns of their secret marriage, Claudius decides to use her to spy on Hamlet. Ophelia warns him of her discovery and he tells her to leave Elsinore for a convent where she'll be safe from Claudius.

Why does Laertes warn Ophelia not to fall in love with Hamlet?

Laertes warns Ophelia not to expect to marry Hamlet because a prince cannot marry for love. ... Since Hamlet belonged to the honorable and respected family, his status was far off to be reached by Ophelia. He gives his vies that it would be difficult for Hamlet to marry his love rather he had to go with family decisions.

What mental illness does Ophelia have?

Ophelia's diagnosis with PTSD humanizes a character that audiences have pitied for centuries, but with whom they could not empathize. Unlike many psychological ailments, this disorder does not connote “insanity,” to which many viewers cannot relate.

Why did Ophelia go crazy in Hamlet?

Why does Ophelia go mad? Ophelia goes mad because her father, Polonius, whom she deeply loved, has been killed by Hamlet. ... The fact that this grief drives Ophelia to madness reveals her overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness, and the power that the men in Ophelia's life wield over her.

Why did Ophelia fall in love with Hamlet?

• The conventional interpretation is that Hamlet has broken her heart and killed her father. But the play seems to suggest strongly that Hamlet has seduced her, and to hint that she is pregnant as well. It is not hard to imagine Ophelia falling in love with the romantic Prince]

How is Ophelia's madness related to her pregnancy?

• Through the analysis of her language which is both pregnant in and with madness, her madness is interpreted as the means to express her real being without the patriarchal manipulation. Also, her madness can be read as the assimilation with Hamlet since it is how she revives Hamlet’s love.

How did Laertes find out that Ophelia was pregnant?

• Laertes must have been clued in to Ophelia’s pregnancy. Polonius inadvertently admits to such a claim. Polonius’s knowledge is revealed when Hamlet discloses that he knows Ophelia, his lady love might be pregnant. Check out the words that Hamlet uses when he confronts Polonious.

When does Ophelia put her hand on her belly?

• If the audience thinks Ophelia's pregnant -- having her put her hand on her belly once in Act I will do it -- then having Hamlet pun on "conceive" and then having Polonius obliviously say Hamlet's replies are "pregnant" -- well, the groundlings are elbowing each other in the ribs at this point. Act III kicks it up a notch.