We are here today to honor our dear friend, Ophelia. Ophelia was such a caring and kind person, who helped anybody in time of crisis. Unfortunately, there was no one to help her through her late struggles. As we all know, Ophelia had gone through a lot just before her passing. Her father had been murdered and her relationship with Hamlet had just ended. Everything had crashed around her and many people believe that she had taken her own life because of this. In my opinion, this should not matter, Ophelia deserves her friends to think about her final accomplishments and happiness rather than how she died or the negativity in her life. She deserves a proper burial where her friends and family could recognize what a great person she was.
Ophelia's passing was a complete surprise, that shocked everyone. Sudden deaths tend to leave people questioning. Gertrude was the only one to witness how Ophelia actually died. It is up to us whether to believe that Gertrude's story is one of truth. Personally, I do not think that Gertrude is telling the whole truth and that actually Ophelia intended to drown. Many people may disagree, but I think that it was very brave of Ophelia to do this. Knowing that it was against her religion to take her own life and that the consequences consisted of an informal burial, she proceeded with her plans. If I was there, I would have defiantly made the effort to save her so she could be with us today. But, one thing I still question, is why didn't Gertrude attempt to save her? Maybe Gertrude recognized that Ophelia wanted to end her life so she did not want to interfere with that. Either way, we should still honor and celebrate our friend, Ophelia.
I am deeply sorry that she had to go through such a hard time. All Ophelia wanted to do was love and be loved by her friends and family. Once this all began to slowly crumble, she had nothing else to love or appreciate. I wish she knew that there were others besides Hamlet and her Father that had appreciated her in bigger and better ways. Hamlet brought her down ad mistreated Ophelia during times where she needed to grieve and be supported. Lastly, I am glad that she gets to see her father again and hopefully got away from all the struggles by moving onto her afterlife.
I think it's interesting that you implied that Gertrude was there and had the ability to save Ophelia. I personally didn't like that concept so i left it out in my eulogy. Even if she was there, i don't know how much she could have done to save Ophelia. They were both fully clothed, the queen probably more-so. Gertrude was probably watching Ophelia's crazy antics from afar when she fell into the brook. There wouldn't have been much that Gertrude would have been able to do. I suppose the real question would be if she even tried.
ReplyDeleteAmanda, I really liked your blog and the way you used specific details to inform the reader your point. I agree with you that Ophelia deserved a proper burial for her family and friends to recognize her one last time. You brought up the point that people should not be worried about how she died but instead focus on her final accomplishment and this really made me stop and think about all the good Ophelia has done. I do not see anything that you have to work on, so good job!
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