Ophelia
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Ophelia is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's act
John William Waterhouse's painting Ophelia (1894)
Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V (Ophelia Before the King and Queen), Benjamin West, 1792
Ophelia by John Everett Millais (1852) is part of the collection of Tate Britain. His painting influenced the image in Kenneth Branagh's film Hamlet.
Ophelia by Alexandre Cabanel (1883)
Ophelia (Millais)
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Ophelia is an 1851–52 painting by British artist John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London. It depicts the young Danish noblewoman Ophelia in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, wh
Ophelia
…bewildered and heartbroken, sure that Hamlet is insane. After Hamlet storms out, Ophelia makes her "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown" soliloquy. Ophelia by John Everett Millais (1852) is part of the collection of Tate Britain. His painting influenced the image in Kenneth Branagh's film Hamlet. The next…
John Everett Millais in 1865, by Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
Study for the painting, 1852
An 1854 self-portrait by Elizabeth Siddal, who acted as Millais's model for Ophelia