coffeym
What were the origins of the Ophelia character?
Ophelia
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duckncover
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A woman named Katherine Hamnet drowned in the Avon River in December 1579. It was said that she killed herself because of a broken heart, though in reality she was probably unbalanced by the heavy pails she was carrying.
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desmonde
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Shakespeare may have recalled this tragedy when writing his drama Hamlet.