Hamlet's love
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Hamlet's love is the intense yet troubled romantic affection that Prince Hamlet appears to feel for Ophelia in Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet."
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic motif
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fictional romantic relationship ⓘ literary theme ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Act I of Hamlet
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Act II of Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ Act III of Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ Act V of Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | tragedy ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo | the tragic outcome of Hamlet ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Ophelia
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Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
appearance versus reality
ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ gender roles ⓘ madness ⓘ patriarchal control ⓘ the conflict between love and duty ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithEvent |
Hamlet's leap into Ophelia's grave
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Ophelia's death ⓘ Ophelia's madness ⓘ Ophelia's rejection of Hamlet ⓘ |
| isCentralTo | Ophelia's character arc ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedAs |
ambiguous
ⓘ
conflicted ⓘ intense ⓘ tragic ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| isDescribedBy |
"I did love you once" line
ⓘ
"I loved Ophelia" line ⓘ |
| isDirectedFrom | Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDirectedTo | Ophelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isExpressedInScene |
Hamlet–Ophelia nunnery scene
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ⓘ
Ophelia's funeral scene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInfluencedBy |
Hamlet's disgust at his mother's remarriage
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Hamlet's feigned madness ⓘ Hamlet's grief for his father ⓘ Laertes's protectiveness of Ophelia ⓘ Polonius's interference ⓘ court politics in Denmark ⓘ |
| isInterpretedAs |
casualty of political intrigue
ⓘ
genuine but repressed affection ⓘ instrument of Hamlet's feigned madness ⓘ |
| isQuestionedBy |
audiences
ⓘ
literary critics ⓘ theatrical directors ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
Shakespearean criticism
ⓘ
courses on English literature ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.