When we often mention the play of "Hamlet", we always think of the main character of Hamlet. When talking about nihilism in philosophy, Hamlet is also the person who pays the most attention, because he is the main character that we all agree that Shakespeare created, after all, even the title of the play is Hamlet. But what I want to analyze is the character Ophelia, which is the person Hamlet likes, because Hamlet is always struggling in a state close to nothingness. Although his wandering gives us analysts a very good opportunity for analysis, he In the end, it did not reach the state of nihility, but Ophelia, as a minor figure, reached the state of philosophical nihility, which is what I want to analyze. First, we need to know how the state of nothingness needs to be established from Nietzsche's point of view: when we look for a certain meaning in everything but it is not there, we eventually become discouraged: nothingness is what we find us Everything you do is a waste of energy and time, and cause great pain because of no results. A sense of anxiety or no chance to become calm. When a person has a system or unity for all things in his heart. His whole person depends on this time, and his whole person is dedicated to such a system. For example, Christians devote themselves to religion and believe in its value framework and interpretation of the world. But there is no such thing in the world, it is fictitious. When he discovers that his entire value system is fictitious, he will lose his faith and cannot find any value in it. When a person finds that the world is shaped according to psychological needs, and he has no power to interfere with its shaping, he will lose faith in any metaphysical world and forbid him to believe in any real world. Then he will not believe in any world or god after death. Although he didn't want to deny the world, he couldn't bear it. Ophelia first appeared in the third scene of the first act. She was talking to her father Polonius and her brother Leotis. Probably it was about her and Hamlet. Her brother and her father persuaded her not to think about Hamlet for the following reasons: Hamlet and Hamlet can't be together forever, because they are the prince. What are you? His words are not credible, and he will change his mind and don't want you. Seriously speaking, because Hamlet is a prince, his marriage is related to the diplomatic and political stability of the entire country, and so on. It's like the ancient Chinese court marrying the princess to the border country, but it's just the other way around. There are some other details that may not be mentioned, but that is probably the case, and it does not affect the understanding of the full text. The point is that Ophelia doesn't want to leave Hamlet. The second time she appeared in the first scene of the second act, mainly about the abnormal performance she told her father Hamlet, which paved the way for the plot. Nor does it affect the understanding of Ophelia's state of nothingness. The third time is the first scene of the third act. Ophelia is called by the king and queen to read a prayer book, and then observes Hamlet’s strange madness, while the king and queen, Polonius and others are behind the tapestry. Hide and watch. When Ophelia wanted to return all the things Hamlet had given her before, such as letters, Hamlet questioned her sincerity, humiliated her and said not to marry her. The fourth time was the second scene of the third act. When everyone was watching the play designed by Hamlet, Hamlet had been talking to Ophelia lasciviously. The last appearance was in the fifth scene of the fourth act, which was the most critical appearance. Before that, because Hamlet was arguing with his mother, Polonius, Ophelia's father, eavesdropped behind the curtain, wondering if Hamlet was really crazy. Then Hamlet was spotted and stabbed to death. In this scene, Ophelia said a lot of nonsense in the form of singing. By analyzing her words, we can see some of the meaning behind it. Except for greetings, I have picked out all the important things here. This kind of thing is too shameful! The young man is shameless and entangles with a rascal. You once promised to get married, and then share the same pillow; who would have thought that you were cheated by you now, and you regret that you have nothing to do with it! There are three main points in these lyrics: her father is dead, she has sex with Hamlet, and after Hamlet has sex with her, they don't want her. These three points can be summarized into two main sources of Ophelia's suffering. Her father was killed by someone she trusted and loved. She felt that she was deceived by Hamlet, not only could not get married, but also lost her virginity. Ophelia is a relatively naive figure. First, she doesn't believe what her father said, and insists that Hamlet will be with her in the end. She doesn't believe that there will be so many political influences. This should also be what the text wants to express. Second, she also firmly believes that with Hamlet The agreement will not be broken. This is what I think is relatively naive. , Even if true love may exist, in that era, situation, and status, they would still believe in the firmness of the agreement and would not listen to family advice. If her belief is the same as the text shows a firm belief in love, then this is what caused her to become nothingness. The first point Nietzsche lists is: when we look for a certain meaning in everything but it is not there, we eventually become discouraged: nihility is when we discover that everything we do is a waste of energy and time. There was great pain due to no results. A sense of anxiety or no chance to become calm. In other words, when Ophelia insisted on searching for the meaning of love, in the end she was humiliated by Hamlet and could not marry him, but she had sex with him, and her father was also killed by Hamlet, which led to her finding that she insisted on searching. Things that took so long were meaningless, and her father was also killed by the person she would get love from, causing Ophelia to be even more desperate and painful. Not only was what she was looking for was not there, but her father was also killed, causing her to become uneasy and have no chance to become calm. In addition, one thing not mentioned is that her brother is not at home. Two reliances, one was killed by the one she loved, and the other was absent, making Ophelia unable to get the comfort of her heart when she was in extreme pain. This can also be a factor that caused her nothingness. In the end, Nietzsche's state of nothingness is generally established in the case of Ophelia. In the seventh scene of the fourth act, she climbed onto the willow tree and fell into the stream accidentally and drowned. But Hamlet's mother said: "She can't bear the pressure she needs to bear." In other words, the cause of her death may be deliberate suicide. This is what makes her and Hamlet different. When both of them were Christians and desperate, Hamlet still thought of the doctrine of Christ. For example, when he killed his stepfather to avenge him, he thought of Christ saying that if the sinner was praying for revenge, he would go to heaven after he died. Hamlet didn’t want to Let him go to heaven, so he didn't kill him at that time. And, when he wanted to commit suicide, he didn't do it. This means that what Nietzsche said is not true. When a person has a system or unity for all things in his heart. His whole person depends on this time, and his whole person is dedicated to such a system. For example, Christians devote themselves to religion and believe in its value framework and interpretation of the world. But there is no such thing in the world, it is fictitious. When he discovers that his entire value system is fictitious, he will lose his faith and cannot find any value in it. Because of hamm Leiter's entire value system was not destroyed by despair. He still thought about Christ when he was desperate, so Hamlet was not in a state of nothingness. But Ophelia chose to commit suicide when she was desperate. In Christianity, a true Christian will not choose to commit suicide, because God does not allow it. Then Ophelia’s suicide illustrates two of the following points: She is not a true Christian, which means that her entire value system is not based on Christ. The despair caused by the lack of value in the faith caused Ophelia to commit suicide. The second type also represents the establishment of the emptiness of Ophelia from the second case Nietzsche said. Generally speaking, Ophelia has reached a state of nothingness, but Hamlet has not.
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