Ophelia

• Lee Edwards

  • Critic
  • 'We can imagine Hamlet's story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet'
  • However Ophelia is one of the most referenced people in history
• Theatrical representations of Ophelia

  • Has shifted according to the dominant theories and images of female insanity, while historically images of Ophelia have always played a major role in the construction of medical theories experience.