When Gertrude tells everyone the news of Ophelia's death, she says: "Until her clothes, heavy with drink, tore the poor wretch from his melodious position at death in the mud" (4.7.179-181). Gertrude describes Ophelia's death as not her fault but her clothes' fault for dragging her to drown. This is a metaphor for the way Ophelia lives her life since Polonius, Laertes, and Hamlet drag her down and drown her in conflicts she can't handle. Ophelia is courageous in the way she acts rebelliously against the wishes of others, even though she is aware that she is committing a sinful act. She is different from Hamlet who is afraid of acting because he fears purgatory. Ophelia is a courageous causality due to the desire to