Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 182 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-172).

This dissertation investigates the cultural, ideological, and literary background of and assumptions underpinning interpretations and representations of Shakespeare’s Ophelia in nineteenth-century Britain. Ophelia was a fundamental image in Victorian iconography, and was appropriated for and implicated in historically embedded social, cultural, and psychological formations and subjected to new methods of critical scrutiny. In art, poetry, fiction, literary criticism, and medical discourse, Ophelia became an example of feminine purity and tenderness, a prototype of Victorian female insanity, and a model for representations of beautiful, drowning women. Drawing on New Historicist theories and methodologies, I use fictional and non-fictional writing from literary, medical, and social discourses in order to elucidate an understanding of the dynamic and compelling relationship between the Victorian period and this fictional Shakespearean character.

Zugl.: Erlangen, Nürnberg, Univ., Diss., 2008

“Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day” is a manic line of dialogue spoken by Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I have chosen that line as the title of my thesis and exhibition. Much of my graduate work has emanated from scenes in Shakespeare’s plays. I make dimensional paintings, prints, and sculptures that leverage a wide variety of media, material, and processes. I have chosen the intense drama of Ophelia’s final appearance on stage to inspire this body of work. The drama and imagery of Shakespeare’s plays has been a profound source of ideas for me. They motivate me to connect with all available resources in an energetic way to create visually captivating pieces of art. My objective is not to illustrate any given scene but to leverage the text for a personal artistic experience. The result is an abstraction that captures the energy of a dramatic moment. The art I produce is an expressive record of my relationship with the literature. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Syftet med detta konstnärliga examensarbete var att utforska hur jag kan blåsa liv i en rollkaraktär från en annan tid och världsuppfattning samt göra den relevant och berörande för en nutida publik. Rollen som användes var Ophelia ur William Shakespeares Hamlet och musikmaterialet är Drei Lieder der Ophelia (Op. 67 No. 1–3) av Richard Strauss. Studien genomfördes metodiskt genom noggranna analyser av karaktären och text- och musikmaterialet samt forskning kring den historiska kontexten. Studien berör både det teoretiska och praktiska arbetet i arbetsprocessen för att väcka en roll till liv. Resultatet påvisar betydelsen av att, genom analyser och efterforskningar, hitta människan bakom rollen och därmed finna den mänskliga faktorn som är universell oavsett tidsperiod, samhälle eller kultur. Genom detta drogs paralleller till den egna samtiden och på så vis demonstrerar detta konstnärliga examensarbete hur man kan blåsa liv i en roll från en annan tid så att dagens publik kan bli berörd. / <p><strong>Examenskonsert:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>W. A. Mozart</strong> -<em> Exsultate, Jubilate</em></p><p>1. Exsultate</p><p>2. Fulget (recitativ)</p><p>3. Tu virginum</p><p>4. Alleluja </p><p></p><p><strong>W. Shakespeare </strong>(Svensk översättning: Britt G. Hallqvist)</p><p>" I dag är Sankt Valentines dag" (<em>Hamlet</em>)</p><p></p><p><strong>R. Strauss</strong> - <em>Drei Lieder der Ophelia</em> (Op. 67 No. 1–3) </p><p>1. Wie erkenn ich mein Treulieb vor andern nun</p><p>2. Guten Morgen, ´s ist Sankt Valentinstag</p><p>3. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß </p><p></p><p><strong>G. Verdi </strong>- Volta la terrea (<em>Maskeradbalen</em>) </p><p></p><p></p><p>Laura Orostica, sopran</p><p>Henrik Löwenmark, piano</p>

Inaug.-diss.--Tübingen. / Lebenslauf. Extracts from the play in English. A revised edition appeared in "Neue Shakespeare-bühne ... VI" under title "Hamlet und Ophelia, eine psychologische studie," with extracts from the play in German. "Benützte werke": p. 84-85.

This paper presents a detailed comparative analysis of four important settings of Ophelia's song texts from Shakespeare's Hamlet composed by Brahms, Strauss, Chausson, and Pasatieri. Each of the first three represents a different facet of song composition during the period 1873-1919. The "Five Songs of Ophelia" by Brahms recall the simplicity of Volkslied. Strauss's "Drei Lieder der Ophelia" assume a more complex and formal demeanor, while Chausson's setting, "Chanson d'Ophelie," demonstrates French preoccupation with setting the natural speech rhythms of language. Pasatieri's "Ophelia's Lament," from 1975, uses operatic gestures within the context of piano-accompanied song. An interview with Pasatieri which defines this song as monodrama is transcribed in the appendix.

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a nuanced play that illustrates revenge, madness, and complex relationships. The paper proposes a feminist reading of Hamlet and analyses the play’s central characters, Gertrude, Ophelia, Hamlet, Claudius, Polonius, and Laertes, and their behaviour under the influence of a patriarchal society. Furthermore, the study will focus on the ways in which Shakespeare represents Ophelia and Gertrude in the play. The study does a feminist reading of the play to investigate how Ophelia’s and Gertrude’s actions and behaviour are affected by the contemporary patriarchal society, and how it affects the male characters’ choices. This research allows readers to interpret female characters in several ways, and to see how women are forced to act and make choices in a contemporary patriarchy to be able to influence societal structures.

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There are multiple ways in which language and image share one another’s aesthetic message, such as traditional ekphrasis, which uses language to describe a work of art, or notional ekphrasis, which involves literature describing something that can be considered a work of art but does not physically exist at the time the description is written. However, these two terms are not inclusive to all artworks depicting literature or literature depicting artworks. Several scenes and characters from literature have been appropriated in art and the numerous paintings of Ophelia’s death as described by Gertrude in Hamlet, specifically Millais’ Ophelia, is the focus of this project. Throughout this thesis I analyze Gertrude’s account in three sections—the landscape, the body, and the voice—and compare it to its transmutation on the canvas.