"...There is a willow grows aslant a brook,
That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream;
There with fantastic garlands did she come,
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies and long purples,
That liberal shepherds give a grosser name,
But our cold maids do dead man's fingers call them:
There, on the pendent boughs her coronet weeds
Clambering to hang, an envious silver broke,
When down her weedy trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,
And, Mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up...
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death..."
                     
                    -Shakepeare (Hamlet)


The infamous and beautiful Ophelia from Shakespeare's
masterpiece Hamlet has become a fascination for countless
individuals throughout the world. I am one of the ones
who finds Ophelia's character quite enticing. This is why
I have created this page in her dedication.

In the dramatic field, Ophelia's character has been
expressed and interpreted in various ways by many
different people. Ophelia has been brought to life through
cinema as well as the stage. Women such as Kate Winslet
(in the Kenneth Branagh movie) and Helena Bonham Carter (in 
the Mel Gibson movie) have successfully overtaken Ophelia's
intricate role in Hamlet. I hope one day I may have this
chance.

Ophelia has been expressed in numerous art forms other 
than the performingband dramatic arts. Artists of all
kinds are intrigued by Ophelia's story. There exist in
this world a great amount of works such as paintings,
drawings, poems, stories, sculptures, essays, musical
compositions and artistic photographs basrd on Shakespeare's
Ophelia. I personally have taken to creating Ophelia's
image through drawing, skethcing and painting. My mother
was once a photographer's model, and she modeled as
Ophelia outside in a field.

Shakespeare's Ophelia is known throughout the world,
and for good reason. She is truly an interesting and
unforgetable character.