[YouTube Drop] Ophelia's Fate

16 min•9 oktober 2025

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Taylor Swift’s new album references “the fate of Ophelia”, but who was Ophelia, and why does her story still matter? In this episode, we look at Shakespeare’s tragic heroine, her fate in Hamlet, and what her story shows us about women’s lives in Elizabethan England.

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[YouTube Drop] Ophelia's Fate

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