1. Name- Pandya Riva m
Class-M.A sem-1
RollNo-29
Paper-Renaissance Literature
Year-2015-2016
Topic- Comparison Between Ophelia and Eve
Email Id-rivapandya.rp@gmail.com.
2. Character of Ophelia
She is Polonium's daughter and sister of Laertes.
She is the lover of Hamlet.
She is a Sweet and innocent girl
She is an protagonist.
She is an obedient girl.
She is a young and lovely woman.
3. Character of Eve
Eve is created from Adam’s rib as his help meet.
She is beautiful and wise.
She superior to Adam only in her beauty.
She fall in love with her own reflection
She has less curiosity in getting knowledge.
She wants to do her job alone and hates being
dominated by others.
4. Comparison between Ophelia and
Eve
Ophelia Eve
She is young and innocent
girl.
She love hamlet.
She obeys her father and
brother.
She always give respect to
Hamlet.
She chooses a father over a
living Hamlet.
Her weakness is that she
follow the lead of others.
She drawn in the water and
die.
She is a beautiful woman.
She love herself.
She is likeable for her sense of
independence.
She fall Adam to below him.
She choose a fruit for a
knowledge and against the
God’s advise.
Her weakness is that her
beauty and self-respect.
The death is given byt he
God.
5. Conclusion-
Thus, Ophelia was dependent on others and she suffer a
lot ,while Eve charmed by Satan because of her lack of
knowledge. Both were suffered because of their
innocent nature.
