Ophelia is unequivocally good. She is naive and childlike, unaware of the harsh realities of adult life. She does not involve herself in the political life of the court, which is red hot in this court. Because of those things she is unable to defend herself against the treatment she is subjected to. She is intensely loyal, even to an abusive father and a young man she loves, even after very bad treatment by him. she believes that doing what they want her to do is in her best interest. She is not the main point of the drama and needs to be a blank page on which the male characters can write to leave a record of the behaviour they are capable of.
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