1) The flower's Ophelia holds are imaginary. At this point she is a very frazzled and confused girl, having been split in many different directions by the people and feelings in her life. She is going, for less of a better word, crazy.
2) Yes, each person's flower represents her emotions toward that person.
3) I see King Claudius recieving the fennel because he married his brothers wife so quickly after his brothers death. I see Queen Gertrude recieving the daisy because she had forsaken her love for King Hamlet and married his brother Claudius so sortly after his death. I believe Laertes recieved the rosemary as a symbol for his to remember his father and herself as before death and grief had wiped it all away. I think if Horatio recieved a flower it would be a violet because he was such an honorable man and a faithful friend.
4) Ophelia keeps some rue for herself as she is in sorrow because of her father's death and Hamlet's madness.
5) I think Ophelia does give away a Daisy. Giving Gertrude a Daisy and Violets makes a lot of sense and pertains to what Gertrude has done.
6) We believe he receives the pansies because she knows him as Hamlet's friend and knows he is a pensive, thoughtful man.
1. Aloe, Buttercup, Yellow Chrysanthemum, Jonquil, Yellow Lily, Marigold, Snowdrop
2. Buttercup, Basil, Yellow Carnation, Yellow Lily, Dead Rose, Dead Blue Violet
3. White Chrysanthemum, Dead Daisy, Dead Jonquil, Dead Ivy, Dead Red and White Roses.
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