By cock, they are to blame
OPHELIA
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts.
There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's rue
for you; and here's some for me: we may call it
herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with
a difference. There's a daisy: I would give you
some violets, but they withered all when my father
died: they say he made a good end,--
Ophelia uses flowers to speak truth to power, truths she could otherwise be executed for speaking aloud. In her final appearance on stage, she gives the King — who has usurped the throne through murder and adultery — columbines. These are a symbol of male infidelity and flattery. She is not crazy, no, she sees things as clearly as anyone.
In the same scene, she sings (seemingly about Hamlet, who has at this point loved and discarded her):
Young men will do't, if they come to't
by Cock, they are to blame,”
By cock, they are to blame is a 9 x 12-inch mixed media on paper. It is finished with UV archival spray-on varnish and sold matted and unframed. It will be shipped flat.
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