In Act 4 Scene 7, Queen Gertrude, in her monologue (There is a willow grows aslant the brook),
reports that Ophelia had climbed into a willow tree, and then a branch
broke 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 as one of the most
poetic death announcements in literature.
Here are some portraits of Ophelia's death by John Everett Millais, as well as some modern interpretations.
Enjoy.
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