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''Hamlet'' has particular significance today with respect to the [[abortion]], though virtually never acknowledged by [[liberals]]: Ophelia chased after Hamlet and became pregnant from their affair, but Hamlet refused to be a father to their child. It is implied that Ophelia attempted to have an abortion, as explained in [[Shakespeare and abortion]]. The despair and tragedy of Ophelia and Hamlet then ensued.
''Hamlet'' has particular significance today with respect to the [[abortion]], though virtually never acknowledged by [[liberals]]: Ophelia chased after Hamlet and became pregnant from their affair, but Hamlet refused to be a father to their child. It is implied that Ophelia attempted to have an abortion, as explained in [[Shakespeare and abortion]]. The despair and tragedy of Ophelia and Hamlet then ensued.
The play alludes to the [[Fall of Man]] in the [[Garden of Eden]]. Hamlet contains requent images of gardens, and the themes of temptation and the loss of innocence.
An allusion is found, for example, in Act I scene v, when the Ghost of Hamlet's father tells Hamlet about his murder:
T'is given out that, sleeping in my orchard,
A serpent stung me — so the whole ear of Denmark
Is by a forged process of my death
Rankly abus'd — but know, thou noble youth,
The serpent that did sting thy father's life
Now wears his crown.
==Characters==
==Characters==