What happens after polonius death by hamlet?

Answer 1

Gertrude's account of Ophelia's death is not clear on the point. Her account says that Ophelia was hanging flowers on a tree branch overhanging a stream. The branch broke and she fell in. She floated downstream singing until her clothes became waterlogged and pulled her under, thus drowning her.

Here are some approaches:

1. The gravedigger's approach. If she goes to the water, she drowns herself. Had she not wanted to drown she would have made some effort to get to shore, but she was happy just to lie there. Therefore she must have intended to die.

2. The insanity defence. But Ophelia is mad, and not in her proper senses. She may not have understood that she would ultimately have drowned. She did not try to escape because she didn't understand, not because she wanted to die, so it's not suicide.

3. Suicide traditions. It may sound strange but women who committed suicide because they were pregnant and unwed used to commit suicide by throwing themselves in the river. This was a tradition. According to some people, the fact that she drowned in the river tells the whole story. Who else did you think she was singing about when she sang "Quoth she, 'Before you tumbled me, you promis'd me to wed.' He replies 'So would I ha' done, by yonder sun, if thou hadst not come to my bed.'"?

4. Sparing the feelings of the bereaved. Gertrude is not telling this tale just to Claudius, but also to Laertes, who is still reeling from the death of his father. In order to spare Laertes' feelings, she is leaving out details which would confirm it as suicide. Likewise, when the priest says, "Her death was doubtful", he really means, "I have not got the slightest doubt that your wicked sister killed herself."

The situation may well be that Ophelia's death was an accident, but that everyone around believed that it was suicide. Thus poor Ophelia is deprived of a Christian burial which, according to the beliefs of the time, would have denied her access to heaven. She is an innocent victim of those who should have cared for her (her father, her brother, Hamlet, the Queen, the church) in death as in life.

Answer 2

As far as the plot goes, Shakespeare never mentioned whether or not Ophelia and Hamlet were in a relationship. There is only speculation among critics. In terms of the play, Ophelia and Hamlet never broke up because they were never in a relationship. The death of Polonius was just the final push which drove Ophelia crazy.

Answer 3

Polonius's death has a number of bad consequences for Hamlet. First his former girlfriend Ophelia goes nuts at the death of her father. Second, Laertes, Ophelia's brother, swears revenge against Hamlet. And third, Claudius, who has been suspicious of Hamlet, now concludes that Hamlet must die, and orders him to England to do so.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

no ophelia dies after polonius