PART 1: From the moment Ophelia was born, she was already at a disadvantage with a mountain of restrictions placed on her. She has no mother in the picture—not even a mother figure or female friends—which leaves her to be completely dependent on her father. Her struggle to navigate her way successfully around patriarchal Denmark will continue throughout her life. In the eyes of her father and brother, her sole purpose in life is to be her husband's wife and children's mother—and nothing more.
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