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Ophelia's Reflection, Kelley Kennedy May 2017

Ophelia's Reflection, Kelley Kennedy

Senior Theses

This project examines Ophelia's role in the thematic exploration of the nature of the individual self in Shakespeare's Hamlet. First, I discuss the different models of subjectivity and virtue that Ophelia embodies and by which characters around her judge her actions. Her father, Polonius, espouses a form of Renaissance humanism that Shakespeare counters throughout the play. He believes the imitation of noble qualities can affect inner goodness, and he demands Ophelia's obedience of his instructions regarding noble conduct. In contrast, Hamlet locates moral authority within the individual, and he dismisses Polonius' notions of elite selfpresentation as vulgar performances. Both men …


The Return Of Logos: Language And Meaning In Hamlet, James Funk Jan 2010

The Return Of Logos: Language And Meaning In Hamlet, James Funk

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

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What Hath Wittenberg To Do With Stratford-Upon-Avon?: The Protestant Reformation In Hamlet, Jason Adkins Jan 2006

What Hath Wittenberg To Do With Stratford-Upon-Avon?: The Protestant Reformation In Hamlet, Jason Adkins

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

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