Resurrected Ophelia

Author: Mary Poff
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Publish Date: 1998-12-01
Features: The title of this book is a metaphor. Ophelia is a character in Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet, the lover of Hamlet in the real world. She was once so innocent, kind, and carefree. But when she stepped into the threshold of youth, the vibrant flower of life gradually withered. She clung to and obeyed, others' needs became her own. In the conflicting world of her father and lover, she lost her way. Her lover despised and rejected her, her father and brother misunderstood and blamed her, and her life lost all meaning. Finally, she dressed in finery and drowned in a stream covered with flowers. Ophelia's tragedy is an eternal tragedy of women, and her revival is not just an event of the 1990s. In a sense, she never truly died, and her tragedy continues to resonate in women across generations. Mary Poff raised the topic of her revival in the 1990s merely to highlight the severity of this issue in the present day.