Analysis of the most interesting scene from my point of view

The most interesting scene in the play is the death of Ophelia. Gertude informed her death “When down her weedy trophies and herself

Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,

And, mermaid-like awhile they bore her up,

Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds,

As one incapable of her own distress

Or like a creature native and endued

Unto that element. But long it could not be

Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,

Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay

To muddy death. (4.7.199-208)” What makes this scene so interesting is that the argument of whether Ophelia committes suiside or her madness kills herself. In my opinion, I would like to consider her death as a suiside. She is confused about people who she trusts most are all utilizing her as a tool. She feels betrayed and sad. However, the society and women’s role at that time did not allow her to mourn for love. She has to pretend that she never cares about Hamlet. Also, she cannot expresses her emotion and true feeling because she is supposed to listen to her father and brother’s advice. The utilization of metaphor here compares her drowning to mermaid. I can vividly imagine the picture which makes me feel mournful for her truly. Then scene is melancholy. The helplessness, desperation, confusion and pain of Ophelia is expressed well enough to appeal to pathos and arouse resonance.