Act IV. Scene 7, the body count is rising in what many consider Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy. Hamlet’s turn is coming, but not before Ophelia, unable to cope any longer… succumbs. Her brother, Laertes listens as Gertrude describes the scene:
There is a willow grows askant the brook
That shows his (hoar) leaves in the glassy stream.
Therewith fantastic garlands did she make
Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples,
That liberal shepherds … Read More
