Ophelia me; we may call it herb of grace o' Sundays; O, you must wear your rue with a difference". Rue is well known for its symbolic meaning of regret, but the herb is also used to treat pain, bruises and has abortive qualities. In Act 4 Scene 7, Queen Gertrude reports that Ophelia had climbed into a willow tree ("There is a willow grows aslant the brook"), and that the branch had broken and dropped Ophelia into the brook, where she drowned. Gertrude says that Ophelia appeared "incapable of her own distress". Gertrude's announcement of Ophelia's death has been praised
Ophelia Benson social construct, and other 'paradigms' that prop up the habit of shaping our findings according to what we want to find". In 2009, Benson co-authored "Does God Hate Women?" with Stangroom. The book explores the oppression of women in the name of religious and cultural norms, and how these issues play out both in the community and in the political arena. Ophelia Benson Ophelia Benson is an American author, editor, blogger, and feminist. Benson is the editor of the website "Butterflies and Wheels" and a columnist and former associate editor of "The Philosophers' Magazine". She is also a columnist for