Fate of Ophelia by Osman Mia

Medium: Acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 73.7 x 111.8 cm

Year: 2025

Price: $5000.00 USD

Status: available

Sometimes a tragic scene can capture our attention and stay in our minds for a very long time. Shakespeare's Hamlet contains such a scene. Ophelia had made her love, the Prince Hamlet, feel betrayed for spying on him for her father. The story gets more complicated—or interesting—after Hamlet accidentally killed Ophelia's father after mistaking him for someone else. Ophelia was driven to madness. Finally, she fell into the brook with flowers she carried. Instead of climbing up, she laid afloat singing until she was finally pulled under. Thus Shakespeare has etched into the minds of millions, the image of a beautiful woman in full flowing gown, lying serenely in the water with flowers around her.