1. Name:- Rathod Neha R.
Class:- M.A. sem- 1
Roll No:- 33
Email Id:- neharathod108@gmail.com
Year:- 2015 – 2016
Paper No:- 1
Topic:- Character of Ophelia & Gertrude
in Hamlet
2. William Shakespeare
Introduction
The tragedy of Hamlet written by
William Shakespeare.
It is one of his best-known plays.
Hamlet is a Shakespeare longest
play and among the most powerful and
influential tragedies in English literature.
3. The main story of
Hamlet is Danish
prince whose uncle
murdered the
prince’smarriedhis
mother,andclaimed
the throne. The
prince pretended to
feeble-minded to trap
his uncle, then killed
his uncle in revenge.
4. The story takes place in the country of
Denmark (kingdom of Denmark) in the late
medieval period.
7. Ophelia was a Polonius
daughter
and beautiful young woman
with
whom Hamlet has been in
love.
She was a sweet and innocent
young girl, who obeys her
father
and her brother Laertes.
8. The Queen of Denmark Hamlet’s mother and
recently married to Claudiues. Gertrude loves
Hamlet deeply, but she is a weak woman who
seeks affection and status rather than moral
rectitude or truth.
