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mollygrue — Grieve, Ophelia
Published: 2004-12-23 21:44:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 4596; Favourites: 155; Downloads: 120
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Edition of 7Linoleum Print
2003
I hate Hamlet. No really. This play has always bothered me, mostly because of the sheer stupidity of the protaganist. But also, because I've had to study it so much in both high school and college.
I do, however, adore the character of Ophelia and have a mild obsession with her and with water. For me water acts as a substance that both creates and destroys and that theme is evident in quite a bit of my work.
Anyway, this is an older print, but I wanted to showcase it, because it's something that I'm particularly proud of in both content and technical skill.
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this is really, really cool! I've dabbled in linoleum printing, but nothing like this !
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What I really like about this picture is that you can't see the water except for the in the way everything looks weightless. You didn't have to draw water, you just drew the effects of it and we fill in the water with our minds.
Trying to imagine this picture without the water is really nifty, too, in a sci-fi kindof way.
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yeah i hate hamlet but i love ophelia to peices.
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i love this photo; your art is very beautiful
i actually was in the play hamlet last fall
i played queen gertrude and it's entirely different to act in it and to read it
the raw emotion and beauty of his work shines so brightly when you're in the middle of the scene, caught up in a character
it's rather a different experience
(although the monologue the queen has on describing ophelia's death took me ages to get right 
i was a sophomore in high school when we put the show on, and i can't wait to read it again in english, haha
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love this image...i, too, have the same fascination with Ophelia and water (though Hamlet is far from my favorite Shakespearean work).
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This is picture is really wonderful, i love the idea that you have will the lilly pads.
whenever i tried to do a picture of ophelia it was always of her being above the water, like mid-drown & that seems like the popular way to draw/paint her, So its really nice and refreshing to see somthing that looks good and is original.
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Ooooo...... I really like your line work style. And I love this one best. I just love the way her hair flows.
I loved hamlet in highschool.
I had memorized the "To be or not to be" speech in little more than 30 minutes. lol
I had forgotten to do my homework, memorize that speech, and I only had the 30 minute bus ride to school to memorize it. And the few minutes before class started. I did it too! I recited the whole thing without one mistake. lol
But by now I have forgotten the whole thing. But I do still love shakespeare.
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I once did the same thing with the Spanish alphabet. I passed, even though I can't roll my Rs to save my life.
I actually knew of that monologue even before I'd read the play. It was in a Calvin and Hobbes strip in which Calvin is lamenting the intolerable experience of eating his mother's cooking. Priceless ^_~.
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Calvin and Hobbes!!! I love them to peices!
I once had to memorize the alphabet backwards and recite it while being video taped so the rest of the 8th grade could watch. I didn't mess up either! I got a 100. 
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i have a similar love and fascination with water as you do
beautiful work
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Having seen your work, that makes sense ^___^.
My interest in the dual nature of water can also be applied to fire, though I just don't feel as connected to that substance for some reason.
Thanks for the fav by the way!
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Hee. Please don't let me scare you. It really is one of those plays that should be read (preferrably viewed) at least once. I've just had to study it so many times that I can't find real enjoyment in it anymore. If you ever find yourself screaming to the manuscript, "Just kill him already, Hammy!!! >_<" you'll know what I mean.
Although, the gravediggers? They make me laugh. So it can't be all bad XD;.
Thanks for the comment and favorite BTW. 'Tis most kind of you ^____^.
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Yes! It was bound to happen sometime! A double posting! XDDDD;;;;;;
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that's amazing, not only is it beautiful, but it's really original i agree with LariLari the hair is really neat (i haven't read the play but i now i'm doomed to read it next year 
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(Guh. Don't think I posted this correctly the first time. Please forgive the annoying N00B if you get this twice)
Hee. Please don't let me scare you. It really is one of those plays that should be read (preferrably viewed) at least once. I've just had to study it so many times that I can't find real enjoyment in it anymore. If you ever find yourself screaming to the manuscript, "Just kill him already, Hammy!!! >_<" you'll know what I mean.
Although, the gravediggers? They make me laugh. So it can't be all bad XD;.
Thanks for the comment and favorite BTW. 'Tis most kind of you ^____^.
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ooh ok cool, isn't it part of chakespears top 5 must read plays? haha
and No problem!
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Oh, it probably is. But, I've always preferred his comedies. A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Twelfth Night, and Much Ado About Nothing are my favorites. All that angsty development AND a happy ending. What's not to like? ^_^
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I Finally Finished reading Hamlet.. Two years and a half later haha. I don't go on Deviant art much anymore, but i remembered your drawing.. and i'm so happy that i favorite-ed it... I completely agree with you, i love Ophelia's character! and Hamlet is such a procrastinatZor! But i Truely hated Polonuis' (bolonius?) character.
ok ok, Back to your Art, I still think this is an amzing picture and her expression is.. in my opinion... perfect. My only problem.. is i think she needs more flowers! haha
But you're drawing has left and everlasting feeling of how Ophelia felt! I think i'm always going to remember this work!
-bianca-
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But you're drawing has left and everlasting feeling of how Ophelia felt!
I think there's no better compliment than that. Thanks a bunch ^_^.
And, I'm glad that you finally got around to reading it ^_^.
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Great line work! I really like this one. I love the way you did her hair
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Beautiful line work, really enjoy the stylized concepts
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