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The Significance of John Everett Millais’ “Ophelia”

The artist's nineteenth-century painting still conveys an important message today

Shakespeare has inspired countless artists, and painter John Everett Millais is no exception. His famous “Ophelia” painting was inspired by Hamlet, in which Hamlet’s lover, Ophelia, goes insane with grief after she discovers that Hamlet has murdered her father; in her … Continue reading

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