Ophelia of the Spirits » Literary Muse http://www.opheliaofthespirits.com The alternate musical universe of composer & singer Angela Little Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Shakespeare’s Ophelia http://www.opheliaofthespirits.com/2010/05/shakespeares-ophelia/ http://www.opheliaofthespirits.com/2010/05/shakespeares-ophelia/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 06:20:45 +0000 Ophelia http://www.opheliaofthespirits.com/?p=358 Well, this is the obvious one! Shakespeare’s tragic female was a huge inspiration behind Ophelia of the Spirits, not the least because the story I was telling through my songs was one of a deep emotional wounding and then empowerment in a quite personal way. In a way perhaps it was easier to reference a character rather than fully ‘own’ my own catharsis!

Ophelia is a character in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. She is the love interest of the main character, Hamlet, prince of Denmark. As Hamlet goes slowly mad, he distances himself from her and pushes her away, eventually, in his famous speech, famously saying “Get thee to a nunnery!”

More soon to come about Ophelia, but for now you can find out more about her here:

Ophelia on Wikipedia

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