Ophelia is a young woman in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. She is the daughter of Polonius, and she loves Hamlet.

Ophelia是奧菲莉亞 is a young woman in Shakespeare's play Hamlet是莎士比亞劇作《哈姆雷特》裡的一位年輕女性 She is the daughter of Polonius她是波隆尼爾斯的女兒 and she loves Hamlet而且她愛著哈姆雷特

He pushes her away; her father is killed; her world falls apart; and she loses her mind. Later she is found drowned in a river among flowers.

He pushes her away他把她推開 her father is killed她的父親被殺 her world falls apart她的世界崩潰 and she loses her mind於是她精神失常了 Later she is found drowned in a river among flowers後來她被人發現溺死在河裡,身邊圍繞著花

The play lets us wonder whether she meant to die or simply fell — later readers still argue about that, so the tidy schoolbook line “she goes crazy and dies” is tidier than the play itself.

The play lets us wonder whether she meant to die or simply fell劇本讓我們不禁猜想她是有意尋死還是只是不小心跌落 later readers still argue about that後世的讀者至今仍在爭論這一點 so the tidy schoolbook line “she goes crazy and dies”所以教科書裡那句簡潔的「她發瘋然後死了」 is tidier than the play itself其實比劇本本身簡化了許多

Painters and films often show her floating in the water with flowers in her hair, so the name can also call up that picture of a gentle person broken by other people’s plots.

Painters and films often show her floating in the water with flowers in her hair畫家和電影常把她畫成漂浮在水中、頭髮上插滿花的樣子 so the name can also call up that picture of a gentle person broken by other people's plots所以這個名字也能喚起一個溫柔的人被別人的陰謀所摧毀的畫面

Some families give a girl this name. A small moon of the planet Uranus is named after the character too.

Some families give a girl this name有些家庭會用這個名字給女兒取名 A small moon of the planet Uranus is named after the character too天王星的一顆小衛星也是以這個角色命名的