![John William Waterhouse - Ophelia [1910]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8657/15278590193_c7f2eccdac_o.jpg)
Ophelia sits by the edge of the river tormented by a deep sadness. She is putting flowers in her hair, preparing herself for suicide. The story derives from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Hamlet, Ophelia’s love and betrothed, rejects Ophelia and orders her to a nunnery because he is obsessed with revenge against his uncle, who he knows murdered his own father, and married his mother in order to became king.
[Private Collection - Oil on canvas, 102 x 61 cm]