Sunday, October 27, 2013

Hamlet's Invasion Of Ophelia's Mind


They say that through the eyes we are able to find a person's soul or Is it that ones soul is reflected in a persons eyes? No, no, no that's not it. The eyes are the doors to a persons soul. Ahh! About my brain, what my drawing portrays is the meaning of inner textual depth. That is why my portraits focal point is directed in the eyes. These eyes tell you what you want them too. As the artist I believe that you choose to see what you want. That is why within these eyes you reflect yourself. Whether it's pain or pleasure you'll see it. I initially received my inspiration from “Frailty, thy name is woman!” and responded with “Fertility, thy name is woman?” This thought rose of a woman’s reproductive system hence the fallopian tubes around the eyes and the ovaries disguised as the eyes.  Because through the hips of a woman the world has been created and through the thought of a woman’s sexuality has Hamlet really revolved. Male characters use phases such as “unpregnant of my cause” “must like a whore, unpack my heart with words” “incestuous sheets” “are you honest (sexually pure/a virgin)” my drawing is central to the meaning of Hamlet because it describes women and their vulnerability and sexuality. Ophelia is accused by Hamlet that she is a breeder of sinners and needs to go to "a nunnery", though "a nunnery" has two connotations to it. One being a whorehouse to expose her unholiness or an actual nunnery to purify her unholy soul. All these factors are played out behind the mask because Ophelia’s character appears without a past and no other relations but to Hamlet to tie her to a larger cause. She is instead defined largely in relationship to Hamlet. Ophelia's identity is never really explicit through her own being but in fact is drawn out by Hamlets anger and insanity. That is why the arms of a man are encrypted within the fallopian tubes to represent that although women create men, men oppress women. Faith is believing what you don’t see. And Hamlet's faith has caused the fall of many.


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