Ophelia´s death in Shakespeare´s Hamlet and in Millais´s Ophelia

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Art - Overall Considerations, grade: 1,0, University of Würzburg (Philosophische Fakultät I), course: SHAKESPEARE´S HAMLET & OUR HAMLET, language: English, abstract: As long as Shakespeare´s Hamlet exists, people are fascinated by the young woman Ophelia and her fate. She is a woman who leads a life which is dominated by men and their influence on he...