The Representation Of Ophelia In William Shakespeare's Hamlet

During my reading of hamlet it be came apparent that if you observe the characters and environment, threw a psychoanalytical point of view. That the story of hamlet is actual a representation of hamlets mind, and how he viewed these events as he reviewed them in the afterlife. Each of the characters in hamlet are an aspect of hamlet. Whether It is Ophelia being a symbol of his guilt, or Claudius being a representation of his indecisiveness. The events did happen, but not in the way it is shown in the play. The whole play is hamlets perception and afterthoughts on the matter. And as he goes threw the events the actions of the others represent his thoughts on how it turned out. The death of characters is symbolic of when he was no longer able

So he could no longer deal with that emotion, the death of Ophelia is what tips the scale and destroys hamlets mind. Because she was hamlets guilt, whenever he tried to do something sinister, or planed to do sinister things Ophelia either appeared, or was in the next act. Because his mind shifted to guilt. The death of Polonius was bound happen it was the death of his trust in those he hates, but by killing him it sent his guilt into overload driving mad. And then it collapsed in on itself and died. When hamlet strikes down the king, he has no guilt, and his worries are dead to they died with the queen. After killing the king his pride, and fear is destroyed, As Laertes dies. Then the death of hamlet is the death of his sorrow, this event is the biggest change to hamlets mind Leaving it desolate. There are other changes as other minor characters die, but they are much more subtle and harder to

It is a cold, dark, and lonely afterlife. All that is there is the guards, who represent those who still hold trust in him, a good example is Horatio he is the only one who has a somewhat important role to survive hence why he is still in hamlets mind. Even if they are terrified from his actions, they are still in his mind , and he still has these people. These emotions with him. It is an empty environment, that can only exist in the darkness of the night. It also represents his regrets, showing up at the times that hamlet most regrets, and wished to change. Such as the death of Polonius, he does not speak about the death of the man when he shows up because he knows that the past is set. And that changing his memories would be useless, Since his life is already over. The ghost appears as hamlets father, because he is a man of power who could change things. So by giving his regrets the guise of his father, it makes him feel like it would be almost possible to change what