Ophelia Speaks Book Report

Reviving Ophelia      Mary Pipher, author of the book Reviving Ophelia, has made many observations concerning young adolescent girls in our society. She wrote this book in 1994, roughly eleven years ago. Although some of her observations made in the past are not still accurate in today’s world, there are many that are still present in 2005. The primary focus of Pipher’s comments is to explain how young girls are no longer being protected within our society.

Ophelia’s Road to Madness Thesis Statement: The origin of Ophelia’s madness is rendered through examination of her relationships with her father Polonius, her brother, Laertes, and her lover Hamlet.

Ophelia woke up to the sound of rain drizzling down her window. Up from her wooden bed, it creaked and she put on some nicer clothes. She looked through her window, and the rain wasn’t so bad, but she didn’t feel like having any customers right now. She walked over to her door and went to flip her sign over to OPEN to CLOSED, realizing it was already flipped to the CLOSED side, and left it alone. She was bare foot, and didn’t want splinters on her feet again, as almost all her house was made out of trees. She hurried to her bedside on put on her boots on and made some breakfast.

Ophelia is another one of Shakespeare’s tragic victims. Throughout the years, her character has been analyzed in a multitude of ways. Arguably being one of the main characters in Hamlet, Ophelia is known for being one of the least developed. In her literary criticism piece, Representing Ophelia: Women, Madness, and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism, Elaine Showalter goes through countless interpretations of Ophelia’s character.

It is widely believed that “Living life without honor is a tragedy bigger than death itself” and this holds true for Hamlet’s Ophelia. Ophelia’s death symbolizes a life spent passively tolerating Hamlet’s manipulations and the restrictions imposed by those around her, while struggling to maintain the last shred of her

father that she Ophelia’s obedience and weakness as a character can be traced to her complete dependence on other people. Her dependence on others is evident in the very beginning: “I do not know, my lord, what I should think. POL: Marry, I will teach you. Think

Reviving Ophelia Dr. Pipher remembers her cousin Polly as a young girl. She describes her as energy in

Ophelia - The Innocent Victim in Shakespeare's Hamlet    Poor Ophelia, she lost her lover, her father, her mind, and, posthumously, her brother. Ophelia is the only truly innocent victim in Hamlet. This essay will examine Ophelia's downward spiral from a chaste maiden to nervous wreck.

The book, Reviving Ophelia, is about the hardships girls go through when they are growing up and trudging through puberty. As the author Mary Pipher states it, adolescent girls tend to lose their “true selves” in order to fit in and comply with the standards that society sets for women. Pipher, a practicing therapist, uses her own case studies to show how pressures put on girls forces them to react in often damaging ways. In most case studies she tells the audience how she helped these girls heal and regain control of their lives. It seems that her primary goal is to warn people of what certain effects can have on girls and what not to do. The one thing that Pipher tends to overlook is what parents can do right to raise healthy

Doyle sat with his back against a tree and his hands over his ears, it did no good, he could still hear her voice calling out to him to help her. He had been chasing that voice since he suddenly found himself alone, no matter how fast and long he ran, he never got any closer to it. He heard the everhungry roaring in the distance and then Ophelia's screams, he pulled himself to his feet, but before he took one step someone grabbed him by the arm. Doyle turned to look at the woman who held him, for a moment he thought it was Ophelia, because she wore the same clothing that Ophelia had donned back at the merfolk colony when she had reclaimed her human form.

The Role of Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet Although Ophelia is not a main character in the revenge tragedy 'Hamlet' her dramatic purpose is vital to the play. It emphasizes the poisoned body politic and its affects on the innocent. The role of women in the sixteenth century is to be obedient and dutiful, the only way to accomplish this was to be passive. Women in the sixteenth century were meant to be obedient to their fathers, for they were their property until such a time came when she was married, it would then be her husband to whom her duties lied. Denmark is in a state of chaos shown by the opening death of the true

I just started reading a new book and it is called Ophelia Speaks, by Sara Shandler. So far it is about young girls and teenagers sending essays they wrote into this company. The company compiles the best ones they like into this book. The essays are mostly about all the

Jayna had recovered during the night and they were eating up the miles in a generally westward direction. Elmer, now actively trying to find Ophelia, was still unable to glean her whereabouts, all he could come up with was a general direction and he wasn't certain even of that. Never before had he been so blind to the future, it was as though someone had turned off the heavenly lights and he was feeling his way through a dark world, lit only by the occasional firefly. Elmer caught a glimpse of the great snake Python, and chose to avoid him if possible, so they changed direction and moved a little southward as they traveled. They hit the lake five miles south of Iftar's village about an hour before sunset and decided to make camp for the night, while Elmer tried to decide whether to go north or south around the lake.

If I were to play the role of Ophelia, there are specific characters that I would give certain flowers to. To start off, I would give the rosemary to Horatio. Horatio would receive the rosemary because of his faithfulness to his dear friend, Hamlet. No matter how crazy Hamlet seems to be, Horatio remembers who Hamlet is to him and stands by him. Next, I would give Hamlet the pansy. Hamlet deserves the pansy because he is remaining faithful to his father and country. Another reason why Hamlet deserves this flower is because Hamlet has several thoughts running through his mind all at once. This is seen in his soliloquies, when he jumps back and forth between statements and thoughts. The flower, Fennel, is a symbol of flattery. The characters

Shakespeare's Presentation of Ophelia As one of only two women in the play, it is perhaps surprising that Ophelia's character is presented as being so very unsubstantial and passive. In particular, Ophelia fails to express any points of view and her only clear emotions are fear (after Hamlet's reported visit to her) and regret (at Hamlet's rejection of her). Furthermore, she never demands any freedom, nor questions Polonius' curt and misplaced instructions. Notably, Ophelia not only appears to have little understanding of Hamlet's madness, but no curiosity into its cause. Like Gertrude, Ophelia has no soliloquy in which she can confide her true thoughts and However, that is an evocation of a tragic scene, rather than a report of a terrible waste of young life. As a result of the way in which