Ophelia whomever he wants. Ophelia's father, Polonius, who enters while Laertes is leaving, also forbids Ophelia from pursuing Hamlet, as Polonius fears that Hamlet is not earnest about her. In Ophelia's next appearance, she tells Polonius that Hamlet rushed into her room with his clothing askew and a "hellish" expression on his face; he only stared at her, nodding three times without speaking to her. Based on what Ophelia told him, Polonius concludes that he was wrong to forbid Ophelia from seeing Hamlet, and that Hamlet must be mad with love for her. Polonius immediately decides to go to Claudius, the
Ophelia (The Band song) this view include the following, suggesting that the relationship between Ophelia and the singer was illegal: Lines such as the singer asking Ophelia to "please darken my door," suggest to Buhler that the issue may be the color of Ophelia's skin. But according to Harris' interpretation, nostalgia is the key theme to the song. "Ophelia" is an uptempo song with similarities to earlier Band songs "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show" from "Stage Fright" and "Life is a Carnival" from "Cahoots". The song has a Dixieland flavor. DeRiso hears a combination of rustic and modern elements in the music. Levon Helm