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"Ophelia´s Lament" by Matt Hughes

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Tag As FavoriteComment		In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ophelia is depicted as a very tragic character. Not only does she loose her beloved father but her love for Hamlet is rejected. Because of this sorrow, Ophelia eventually goes insane with grief and commits suicide. In this illustration we see the moments before Ophelia decides to end her life. Her sorrow is so immense that she believes she has been left utterly alone and unloved. She feels that if she ended her life no one would hold grief in their heart for her. Because of this she is spreading the pedals of a flower over the very body of water that will soon take her life. In essence, she is expressing the lament of her passing because no one else will.


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16 Jan 2009:-) Emma Redmon
awwwwwwwwww so sad i wanna hug her after reading that.... 88
27 Jan 200945 LOve
What year did you do such a great job painting Ophelia?
6 Jun 2009:-) Victoria Lia Yu
I cease to breathe once I feel the emotion in this. The sorrow that she suffers alone because no one is with her. It’s overwhelming. The way it’s drawn contributes to how the feelings come across. Very good.
6 Jun 2009:-) Lena V. Bazhenova
Oh, wow, that’s incredibly beautiful!
7 Jun 2009:-) Jeanette M Thomas
Has a Pre-Raphaelite quality.
23 Sep 2009:-) Emma Shays
it is so accurate
23 Sep 2009:-) Michael pixie john
wonderful colourful effect
lit up and magical ,
love the trees
great painting
14 Oct 200945 Mawiee
beautifull this was in colorpencils?
6 Nov 200945 Enana
Have alwayz loved this character..
6 Dec 200945 Elsa
so gourgeous
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'Ophelia's Lament':
 • Created by: :-) Matt Hughes
 • Copyright: ©Matt Hughes. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Mucha, Art nouveau, Fantasy, Angels, Flowers, Victorian, Color, Mermaid, Summer, Seasonal, Portrait, Figurative, Oil paint, Colored pencil, Mythology, Spiritual, New age, Wicha
 • Categories: Body Study, Landscape, Nature, Panoramic, Romance, Emotion, Love, Royalty, Kings, Princes, Princesses, etc, Woman, Women
 • Techniques: Coloured Pencils, Oil Paint
 • Submitted: 2005-07-11 19:22:27
 • Views: 47930
 • Resolution: 393x550

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