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A Violet Named Ophelia

A Violet Named Ophelia

A Violet Named Ophelia
	In Hamlet, Shakespeare uses many symbols to refer to characters. He mentions flowers and herbs to indirectly refer to Ophelia. This can be seen in Act 5, Scene 5, where Ophelia is giving out flowers to Laertes, the King and the Queen. Each flower has an implied symbolic meaning to its receiver and also reveals Ophelia’s emotions. 
	Rosemary is the first flower Ophelia gives to her brother Laertes. Rosemary was used at funerals and weddings to symbolize remembrance. This flower can be seen as a symbol of Ophelia’s impending death. She also gives pansies, which symbolize thought. These flowers might symbolize Ophelia's mind and the ability to reason, which she had lost. It can also symbolize the fact that Ophelia listened to her brother and his caution against getting involved with Hamlet. Laertes tells her not to believe his expressions of love saying “…if he says he loves you, it fits your wisdom so far to believe it as he in his particular act and place may give his saying deed…”  Laertes also refers to Ophelia as a “…violet in the youth of primy nature.” 
	Ophelia gives fennel, which represent flattery, to the King. This flower

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