Hamlet Flowers Symbolism. Every flower mentioned has meaning whether it be violets or pansies. 2 thoughts on flower symbolism in hamlet jadelitandcomp wow.
In hamlet ophelia the love interest of the title character hands out a series of flowers that are rich with meaning when she learns her father polonius has been killed. This motif can be followed throughout the play as it is used to develop a large amount of characterization. Clambering to hang an envious sliver broke when down her weedy trophies and herself fell in the weeping brook.
Orchis is from the greek meaning testicle named so because of the shape of the plants two tubers and mascula comes from the latin masculus meaning male or virile.
I think there are some clues for the director and the actor playing ophelia and if we go just by symbolism rosemary remembrance might go to laertes possibly in an echo of the ghost s imploring hamlet remember me i v 91. As she gathers flowers and bestows them she is also seemingly trying to perform a funeral rite for a father who has been killed and forgotten leaving her alone in the court. I think there are some clues for the director and the actor playing ophelia and if we go just by symbolism rosemary remembrance might go to laertes possibly in an echo of the ghost s imploring hamlet remember me i v 91. In the zefferelli version she doesn t hand out flowers but bones and sticks in still others where she gives all her flowers to a single recipient.
