Ophelia

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Shakespearean character fictional character tragic heroine

Ophelia is a fictional character best known as the tragic, doomed heroine of William Shakespeare’s play "Hamlet."

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ophelia canonical 21
Ophelia (Shakespearean character) 1
Ophelia in "Hamlet" 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ
appearsIn Hamlet ⓘ
associatedSymbol flowers ⓘ
water ⓘ
associatedTheme grief ⓘ
innocence ⓘ
madness ⓘ
patriarchal control ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
canonicalStatus major character in Western literature ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
deathCause drowning ⓘ
deathNature ambiguous (accident or suicide) ⓘ
describedByCharacter Gertrude ⓘ
surface form: Queen Gertrude
describedIn Gertrude’s report of Ophelia’s death ⓘ
dramaticFunction embodiment of victimized innocence ⓘ
foil to Hamlet ⓘ
famousScene drowning scene ⓘ
mad scene ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Kingdom of Denmark in Hamlet ⓘ
firstAppearance Hamlet ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate circa 1600 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influenced Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite painting

Romantic-era visual art ⓘ
symbolist literature ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Greek "ophelos" meaning "help" or "benefit" ⓘ
nationality Danish ⓘ
notablePortrayal Ophelia (1851–1852 painting by John Everett Millais) ⓘ
portrayedInMedium ballet ⓘ
film ⓘ
opera ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
visual art ⓘ
relative Laertes ⓘ
Polonius ⓘ
relativeType daughter ⓘ
sister ⓘ
romanticInterest Hamlet ⓘ
surface form: Prince Hamlet
setting Elsinore Castle ⓘ
workAuthorNationality English ⓘ
workGenre tragedy ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eva St. Clare → hasCousin → Ophelia ⓘ
Eva St. Clare → influencesCharacter → Ophelia ⓘ
Hamlet (stage performances) → hasCharacter → Ophelia ⓘ
Hamlet → character → Ophelia ⓘ
Ophelia Among the Flowers → depicts → Ophelia ⓘ
Ophelia Among the Flowers → basedOn → Ophelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia
Polonius → hasChild → Ophelia ⓘ
Polonius → fatherOf → Ophelia ⓘ
Polonius → spiesOn → Ophelia ⓘ
Polonius → givesAdviceTo → Ophelia ⓘ
Laertes → sibling → Ophelia ⓘ
Laertes → warns → Ophelia ⓘ
Ophelia → depicts → Ophelia ⓘ
subject surface form: Ophelia (1894 painting)
this entity surface form: Ophelia (Shakespearean character)
Ellen Terry → notableWork → Ophelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ophelia in "Hamlet"
Ophelia Dahl → givenName → Ophelia ⓘ
Harriet Smithson → notableRole → Ophelia ⓘ
Ophelia St. Clare → givenName → Ophelia ⓘ
Hamlet (1996 film) score → associatedWithCharacter → Ophelia ⓘ
Daisy Ridley → characterPortrayed → Ophelia ⓘ
Helena Modrzejewska → notableWork → Ophelia ⓘ
Fay Compton → notableRole → Ophelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ophelia in Hamlet
Alice Englert → hasRole → Ophelia ⓘ
Alice Birch → notableWork → Ophelia ⓘ
Elsinore Castle → inhabitedByFictionalCharacter → Ophelia ⓘ
The Mousetrap play-within-a-play → audienceCharacter → Ophelia ⓘ
subject surface form: The Mousetrap (play-within-a-play)