\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Based on ShakespeareÆs tragedy \i Hamlet\i0 , this painting represents the suicide of Ophelia. It was painted by John Evere
tt Millais during the period when he belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a movement that set out to revive the artistic tradition of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.