In Hamlet Act III, Scene I, Shakespeare’s titular character tells Ophelia, “God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another.” His accusation comes at the end of an epic crashout, where he claims he never loved her. Later, after Ophelia drowns in a creek surrounded by flowers, Hamlet admits in his grief, “I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum.”

The tragedy is essential reading for Taylor Swift fans in the lead up to The Life of a Showgirl , her 12th studio album out Friday. The first single from the record is titled “The Fate of Ophelia,” but no one will know how Swift will interpret the Shakespearean drama until the album arrives.

For now, Swifties only have the song titles, multiple variant covers, and spa

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