John Landis directed the movie, Trading Places. The movie is about Louis, a snobby investor, and Billy, a street con artist, who find their lives reversed as a part of a bet by two millionaires. Louis’ girlfriend, Penelope, leaves him after his life completely changes. After a couple days he meets Ophelia, who takes him into her apartment and takes care of him through his struggles. Both of these women are a big part of Louis’ life but they are very different. Their appearances, personalities and how they are involved with Louis can both be compared and contrasted.
Appearance can always be used to compare and contrast two characters in a movie. Penelope is a brunette with medium length hair. She also wears makeup that makes her look sophisticated and important. The makeup she wears does not make her look anything less than a rich woman. Her clothes are also of the rich fashion. She almost always wears a fashionable hat and fancy coat. Her house looks just as rich as her clothes portray her to be. With a huge house, multiple rooms with no use, and of course a butler at her beg and call, she can only be classified as rich.
On the other hand Ophelia is almost the exact opposite. The only thing same about the two is that Ophelia also has brown hair, but it is much shorter than Penelope’s. Ophelia is not always a brunette though; She wears a red haired wig on occasion. Because of her job title, prostitute, she has many different colored wigs in her apartment that she switches off from job to job. Her daily makeup also is affected by her job. She usually has more make-up on than she needs. This includes red lipstick and an exaggerated amount of eye shadow. Ophelia also lives in a one-bedroom apartment.
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...out of jail Ophelia lets him stay at her apartment until he gets his job and house back. She trusts him to be there and not steal anything even when she’s not there. After awhile their connection grows and they begin to actually like each other. Ophelia does not care if he’s rich or poor she likes him for who he is unlike Penelope.
Penelope and Ophelia can be compared and contrasted by their appearances, personalities and how they are involved with Louis. Penelope is more conservative and dresses in expensive clothes while Ophelia dresses for her job as a prostitute. Ophelia was caring and helpful to Louis while Penelope was rude and snobby. Penelope disowned Louis once he got out of jail and became poor. Ophelia helped Louis at his lowest times and liked him for him and not his money. Both of these women were an important part in Louis’ life but in their own way.
Ophelia & Nala are both similar but very different. They are both in love with a prince. They are the main attraction of the two prince’s in the different scenes. They are both innocent and did not know anything of the kings Mufasa and Hamlet’s death. They are different because Ophelia makes Hamlet angry and crazy. Nala makes Simba be a man and become more responsible which makes them different emotionally for Hamlet & Simba. Ophelia is helpless and Nala is tough. Ophelia dies in Hamlet and Nala doesn’t die. Nala was the only child and Ophelia had a brother. Ophelia's dad Polonius was apart of the story, Nala’s father was not.
Loyal. Betrayed. Insane. Ophelia, a character from The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, goes through emotional pain and suffering, that drives her into madness. Torn between her father’s word and her love for Hamlet, she chooses to listen to her father, which spells her own demise. Hamlet betrays Ophelia, telling her that he never loved her and that she meant nothing to him. Ophelia feels abandoned, but when her father dies she is pushed over the edge. She is no longer able to move on so she takes her own life.
Another similarity between Hamlet and Ophelia is the feelings they have for each other. In the beginning of the play, we are led to believe that Hamlet loves Ophelia. This frightens Ophelia, but that does not mean she does not have feelings for him also. It is her father who encourages her to suppress any feelings she may have then. Later in the play Ophelia confesses her love for Hamlet, and he then hides his feelings and denies that he loved her. He suggests that she go to a nunnery. This makes Ophelia feel worthless and not wanted.
Ophelia is portrayed as a sensitive, fragile woman. Easily overpowered and controlled by her brother and father, Ophelia is destined to be weak. Ophelia’s brother, Laertes, warns and pushes Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet and is further supported by their father Polonius. “Polonius enters and adds his warning to those of Laertes. He orders Ophelia not to spend time with Hamlet or even talk to him. Ophelia promises to obey” (“Hamlet” 95). Ophelia’s obedience to her father’s directions prove the side she
...lyphemus knows who blinded him so Odysseus calls back to the Cyclops to tell him that his name is Odysseus despite his men begging him not to. Because of his arrogance Poseidon punished Odysseus and his men and delayed their journey back home and caused a storm that made Odysseus shipwrecked. His arrogance also portrayed by Homer when he decided to listen to the Sirens instead of putting wax in his ears. He took a risky decision and his decision could have put him and his men in harms way. In contrast, throughout the story, Penelope appears to be humble. Instead of acting like Odysseus, Penelope never intends to make her name well known throughout the suitors. Instead she stays calm and encourages the suitors to stay home and make them think that they are welcome. Of course she hate the suitors but she never tells them to leave. This behavior contrast with Odysseus.
In both texts, the two main female characters; Ophelia and Daisy, are subject to the stereotypical gender roles. Ophelia is inclined to be dependent on the males in her life. Polonius orders Ophelia, “I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth, Have you so slander any moment leisure, As to give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet.”(Shakespeare 1.3.132-134). Ophelia obeys his orders and this demonstrates how
Penelope is the most important female character in the epic because Odysseus ' homecoming is centered on reconnecting with her. Ten years has past and Odysseus has still not returned from the war and is seemingly dead. Many suitors desire to replace him, by taking Penelope 's hand in marriage and Odysseus ' property. While unsure of Penelope 's attitude towards these suitors, readers are constantly reminded of her faithfulness to Odysseus. Although Odysseus does not know whether Penelope remains faithful to him, he still yearns to come home. “The expectations and limitations of the male and female roles in the Odyssey are accepted and never questioned”. (Whittaker 40) Society expects women in Penelope’s position to remain devoted to their significant other even after all these years and not knowing whether or not he is alive but are more forgiving to men who commit adultery like Odysseus. This situation once again brings up the question of a double standard modeled in The
"Laertes is a mirror to Hamlet. Shakespeare has made them similar in many aspects to provide a greater base for comparison when avenging their respective fathers' deaths" (Nardo, 90). Both Hamlet and Laertes love Ophelia in different ways. Hamlet wishes Ophelia to become his wife, Laertes loves Ophelia as a sister. Hamlet is a scholar at Wittenberg; Laertes is also a scholar at France. Both were brought up under this royal family of Denmark. And both are admired for their swordsmenship. But most important of all, both of them loved and respected their fathers greatly, and showed great devotion when plotting to avenge their fathers' deaths.
Ophelia and Hamlet are greatly juxtaposed against each other in Hamlet. Ophelias role in the play is the foil to both Hamlet and to her brother Laetres. In the play Ophelia is the catalyst, the means of Laertes and Hamlets actions and she acts like a mirror and enables the audience to view them though a more heroic perspective. Throughout the play, Ophelia sparks events and although she isnt a well developed nor a main character her part in the play is crucial. As the catalyst she causes the battle at the end of the play, as she did persuade revenge on Hamlet by Laertes.
We first meet Ophelia when she is talking with her brother Laertes, who attempting to educate her about the ways of the world. He warns her not to get too close to Hamlet, for Hamlet is "subject to his birth," (1.3, 18) he cannot choose who he loves. His caring advice for his sister, though, is lined with undertones of accusation. He warns her that even "the chariest maid is prodigal enough,"(1.3, 36) implying that even though she may seem modest, but her intentions could very well be the opposite. He attacks her virginal nature, heaving the burden of other, more crass, women upon this frail beauty. She, though a member of the more seemingly dim and weak sex, replies very wittily to this, "Do not, as some ungracious pastors do...reck not his own rede." (1.3, 47-51), advising, and possibly implying, the same things to her dear brother, showing their mutual respect for each other.
There is much similarity between Gertrude and Ophelia in the play. Both are attractive and simple minded, and are easily shaped by opinion, desires and ideas of others. Ophelia and Gertrude seem to be the same women at different stages in their lives. This may be one of the reasons why Hamlet was first attracted to Ophelia and now the reason why Hamlet rejects Ophelia.
In the play “Hamlet,” Gertrude and Ophelia share similarities and they are also contrasting characters. Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet, is a loving, honorable, protective mother. Ophelia, Hamlet’s love interest, is young, foolish, and underestimated. One of the main stances, to which they both contrast, is their love for Hamlet.
In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia is the most static character in the play. Instead of changing through the course of the play, she remains suffering in the misfortunes perpetrated upon her. She falls into insanity and dies a tragic death. Ophelia has issues surviving without a male influence, and her downfall is when all the men in her life abandon her. Hamlet’s Ophelia, is a tragic, insane character that cannot exist on her own.
Ophelia’s betrayal ends up putting Hamlet over the edge, motivating him in his quest for revenge. Ophelia is one of the two women in the play. As the daughter of Polonius, she only speaks in the company of several men, or directly to her brother or father. Since we never see her interactions with women, she suppresses her own thoughts in order to please her superiors. Yet, however weak and dependent her character is on the surface, Ophelia is a cornerstone to the play’s progression.